| | I am, you are, we are beautiful.
So I've been thinking, how often do we look at someone with envy - wishing that we were as beautiful or as well off or as popular or as smart, if not more? While we place the person who's trait we aspire to possess on a pedestal, we overlook our own gifts or talents. Our own set of traits that make us unique and our very own truckload of blessings. So maybe one of the more desired and outstanding ones are not part of our cargo, but that's diversity! Uniqueness in diversity. Makes the world more colourful, beautiful and interesting. Now, if only every other human being could embrace diversity and appreciate its uniqueness, racism or racial tension might not exist in society. Neither would there be genocide for the sake of the so-called ethnic cleansing, I reckon. But being selfish creatures who only commune with people who are alike (am guilty of this too sometimes) physically and mentally, we regard dissimilar people with contempt. Because we are different, therefore, I hate you. So I have digressed.
Maybe, there are people who envy us for what we have as we envy others for what they have. I guess it all bores down to appreciating who we are and what we have. I may not be as good looking or smart or well off as the next person, but I do have a family who loves me and friends who will be there for me through thick and thin, am physically able, lives in a country with a constant supply of clean water, attended among the best schools in my home state and am currently attending the best university in the nation, is not too hopeless musically, know a God who only wants the best for me etc. etc. i.e. some of the things that I'm thankful for.
Also, not everything that sparkles are genuine diamonds. Take celebrities for example. It's nothing new to read about suicides, abuse and addiction on our favourite gossip column/blog/magazine (whichever source you're inclined to). While they seem to be drop dead gorgeous (subjective views, but being rich can make you physically more appealing like Zac Efron with his dental cosmetic surgery) entities at the top of the world, inside they may feel empty and lost - pressured by the world to maintain the pretense of a perfect life admired by all. Sometimes I sympatise with them.
I supposed the next time we feel jealousy and envy creeping into our very soul, instead of succumbing to its potentially deadly clutches, lets take some time off and reminisce on all the wonderful things we already have. 
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| | Posted 6/11/2009 11:10 PM - 7 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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