Waiting to pick up fresh organic veggies at
the farmer’s market, I notice someone cutting the line in front of the person
ahead of me. I personally don’t know
him. But my first impression is that of
a young healthy fit dude without any visible disability. Everyone who notices gives him the stinky eye. Eventually, someone speaks up. He moves back behind the last person just
like everyone else did when they first arrived.
Maybe he didn’t realize there was a line? Maybe it was the extra space because of
social distancing? Or maybe he feels
special and just decided to cut the line?
Whatever the reason, It wasn’t illegal.
It just wasn’t cool. An unwritten
rule in our civilized society that people police on their own. This made me think about how different the
world would be if wealth hoarding would be viewed with the same scrutiny as
cutting into a line-up. A world where instead
of idolizing those living lavish lifestyles, we would see their behaviour as
being rather selfish, as taking more than their share of the shared pie. Do those who work hard and earn it deserve
more than the rest? Maybe? But when does more become too much? Unlike love, the amount of money and wealth
in this world is finite. 1 dollar in my
pocket is 1 dollar less in someone else’s.
Now don’t get me wrong. It’s not
that I’m shaming success. It’s about
redefining it. It’s about no longer
glorifying excess. It’s about
re-awakening our animal nature of not taking more than we need. A world united. How wonderful would it be to live in such a
world?!
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