Tuesday, July 26, 2011

As The System Turns

Today I am very aware of the line between system and truth. I have come to understand that the system requires me to produce and consume. The system measures me and compares me based on my earning capacity. The system qualifies me if i have a good credit history or if I am in need of government assistance. The system has rules and consequences for behavior based on perception. Depending on where you were born or reside means the difference between getting served sweet tea or non sweet tea, the acceptance of equal rights and even the availability of illegal drugs. The system labels and judges how a man should act or what a woman should say and how we raise our kids.

Imagine a world where none of the things previously mentioned existed. No judgements, no labels, no desire for more than others. No budgets or skewed lines of ethics to gain more revenue. No need to secure a stable future. There is where the truth lies. The truth is that we are all worthy of goodness no matter where we have been or what we have done. The insistent need to be right is only a futile attempt to prove ones worthiness to himself. It matters not the gifts that are given to each human, only that it be used to benefit others. We are born slaves to the system of this world at the mercy of those who came before us. It is only when we realize that we have a choice to participate that we take the power back.

The system does not get to define who we are. We may choose to pay our taxes, car payments, childcare, grocery bill, gas prices, educational endeavors etc. However, today i will not feel less than if i struggle to do so. I will take comfort in the truth and that is I am loved by many. You are too.