Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Why We are Better than Everyone Else!

 


Holding up the Weight - by Nigel A JAMES


Why We are Better than Everyone Else!
Some thoughts on comparison by Nigel A JAMES


There are many things that most people have in common, and, at the top of the list is the conviction that they know better than everyone else. 99% of the entire world population is convinced that it is their way of life that is better than everyone else's.

And then, at the same time, nearly everyone everywhere believes that everywhere else is better than where they are presently at! If they are at home, then everything abroad is better; and then, when in foreign fields, there is no place like home! This is what people are like. So far, two very self-canceling contradictory sides to the same animal. And the questions are many!

To begin with, do people actually understand the depth and the joy that this life has to offer? Seemingly no! The hidden truth lies in the very visible differences that surround us! Every way is the right way and acceptance is the key to discovery! And the only way to discover is to go behind the way of one's very own thinking! And this, too, is a process of questioning!

First of all, if our way is the only way, then why is this so? What have we got to offer that is simply much better than “theirs”? Let us examine ourselves!

Firstly, one could easily assume that everyone from all over the world would enjoy dressing in the same old boring way that we do! After-all, who needs exciting clothes, anyway?

What we eat could be the second thing which we look at. If we work hard enough, we could assure that everyone everywhere would soon end up as unhealthy as we are!

Our taste in music would be a good thing to put third on our list. Soon everyone from Africa would be queuing up to get tickets for Wagner, and sales of Strauss waltzes would hit heights of never before dreamt of dimensions!

Then what about our pets? Why not encourage everyone to buy a dog? It's great fun! Just imagine the fun that everyone would have whilst waling their dogs in the winter!

Of course, the list of the things which we are better at is much longer than just these two or things, but, on the other hand, which things from elsewhere would we like to adopt as our own? We could start with music and go on to religion and everything in between! And, maybe, this is beginning to happen already! Who knows what life will be like in just twenty years time?

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