How do we measure our fellow man or woman?
With what do we assess their worth in our society?
If I take a metre rule and measure his stature, will this show me his or her worth?
Or if I take a set of scales and place him or her upon one side, with life deeds both good and bad upon the other, and weigh the amount of things s/he has done in his life. Will that give me a net value to society?
If I take the scale and place good in one dish and evil in the other will this allow me to ascertain whether this wo/man is good or evil?
What if the deeds balance with each-other, neither being heavier or lighter than their counter weight? How does this help me measure their worth?
Perhaps I should look at the length of years, or the sacrifices s/he has made, the duties s/he has performed or the number of children he has fathered or she has mothered.
Maybe I should look at the education, s/he has acquired or the number of children s/he has educated, or rescued, or healed or killed.
Maybe I should look at the amount of financial profit and loss this wo/man has accrued and, or lost throughout his or her life? No, this will not do! S/He may lose every penny S/he has collected just moments before death comes, so I’d need to wait until the moment of death to assess him or her – so how will I praise or punish?
I have thought long and hard about this. I have pondered and questioned, how one can measure some-ones value to society and have discovered that all the methods we use, all the ways we attempt to demonstrate or prove someone is worth more to society than another person are based on foolish, erroneous and worthless speculation. Wealthy and the powerful, poor and powerless, there is no difference.
High-born or lowly – weak or strong, tall or short, long-lived or a youthful death, all have equal worth, equal value to society.
How do I measure my fellow man or woman? S/he lives, therefore, s/he is my equal and of equal worth to society just because s/lives, we should wqually value everyone!
©David King 2014.
