Those on the top of the social order see those at the bottom
as subhuman
Those on the bottom of the social order see those at the top
as inhuman
Nobody seems to see others as human
Heard
today at a workshop
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it is easy to live in the world of labels
Conservative
Liberal
Muslim
Christian
We no longer even understand what some of those labels
really represent
We have our ideas
About those liberals who do not “love God”
And those conservatives who do not “love people”
but for the most parts labels are no longer truly
descriptive
they are just a way of categorizing people
of putting them in nice little boxes
of stereotyping
and
ultimately distilling others down to
a talking point
de-humanizing them
the same is true of adjectives
male, female,
gay, lesbian, straight, and more
rich, poor
saint or
sinner
funny how Jesus seemed to never label people
or worry about the adjectives
for the lover of souls
there were simply people
who for one reason or another
stumbled (often) across his path
there was merely a Mary, or Martha
a Peter, or John, or Lazarus
that is one thing about the Sacred
Sacred always calls us by name
and sees us as a one-of-a-kind miracle
we are simply people
undefined
except by the Sacred Presence
which dances freely
in our hearts
and the unique
divine
design
woven into the fabric of our being
we are simply human
infinitely
precious
