Value

Did you ever find yourself looking around you and wondering about the value of human life and why we have found it necessary as humans to put ourselves above all other creatures? Why it is that we feel that we are the only creature with a soul is beyond me. Despite all of my growing up years in Parochial school, I can not come to terms with many of their teachings. I know, beyond a doubt, that we are not above anything, and that every living creature is of value and has a unique soul all their own. (yes, EVEN BATS!)

Yes, we have the capacity to reason and are relatively smart, however, that does not put us up any higher on the pyramid of life, in my opinion. We have convinced ourselves that we are masters of this ship, but really, we are just passengers and the Creator is definitely Captain of our vessel. He has created such an elaborate and complex world, and no creature can be considered any more crucial than the next. Each of us has a job to do, and we really do it so well for the most part. This whole issue of feeling superior to other species is really ridiculous, and I wish we could acknowledge it as such. Yes, I suppose in the bible it states that we hold dominion over the creatures of the earth, but it also says some gibberish about woman being made from man's rib and how we should be subservient and obedient to males and all that. Really? What were they thinking?

There is much value in this world, and that includes not only our species, but all others as well. We could learn so much from each other, but I find that humans don't always think we need to learn a darn thing. As humans we have great potential to evolve into a higher form altogether, but we get stuck somehow. Maybe we're stuck in the whole "I'm better than you and I don't need to improve because I am already on top" sort of mentality. I'm not really sure why, but we have it in us to rise above, to learn the lessons that are all around us and to become something higher and better. That is my personal goal, and wish I knew of other people who felt the same.

Sometimes humanity just makes me sad. It seems we've lost our purpose and vision and I hope that as a whole, we are able to regain our awareness of what's really important and what our journey is really all about.