Everyone is not every one

Everyone's interesting.

Everyone has a hobby, a unique thing they like to do, and well, i don't begrudge them that. It's just that...wow, how does God keep track of all the different things that all the different people in this world want? And if everyone's so beautiful, how come nobody can see it? If everyone has a unique aspect, would it still be unique? Would it still be special? If we are all different, then we are all the same, so how would that make us different?

Someone I know ends his emails with this allegedly Japanese proverb, "None of us is as smart as all of us." Well none of us is the same as all of us. And all of us isn't really the same as any of us. And...it's just difficult to see how beautiful and special we can be if we're lumped together in one gigantic monotonous whole.

But...we just have to believe so. That our individual life means something, that our individual selves matter, and that our individual loves and passions will live on forever. We are all interesting, we all have stories to tell, and we all are beautiful and loved.

Amen.