You are not special
Have you ever looked in the mirror before?
Did you like what you saw?
Did you hate what you saw?
If you liked what you saw could you remember what it was that you liked?
If you didn’t like what you saw, would you have been happier if you looked like someone else?
How would you feel if you looked in the mirror and you saw Warren Buffet?
Would it make you feel better if you were one of the wealthiest men in the world?
How would you feel if you looked in the mirror and saw George Bush?
Would it make you feel better if you were the most powerful man in the world?
(You can apply the same logic to women, just substitute Oprah and Hillary Clinton)
People in general are more attracted to money and power than anything else.
I am not special, neither is Bill Gates. We are all the same, human, flawed and hungry. Isn’t that weird? I can honestly say that everyone I’ve ever met gets hungry, just like me. That is so strange that we all know what that feels like. How many other things do we have in common? I’ll give you a hint, it’s a lot, probably too long of a list to write down.
Why does everyone think they are special, when we are all actually the same?
April 12th, 2006 at 10:50 am
You hit on something very poignant (if only by accident.)
The other day I was talking to my wife about a lawsuit the family of a dead police officer was bringing aginst the CITY for $50 million.
It’s a very easy buzz word to say: “You can’t put a value on human life,” but in a seperate breath they put a value of $50 million.
There’s another side to that argument. Human life is absolutely worthless.
Take the entire value of all the riches in the world, divide it by six billion (plus) people, and you probably get a number like sixty seven cents!
Policemen may be worth more to society (80 cents,) while salesmen are worth closer to a dime.
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April 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Yes, I do think your opinion is righteous. (So do lots of people). Luckily majority of people are intelligent :).