We are all the Same

Ancient Manuscript: Gospel of Thomas

Saying: 4

My Reflection on Verse:

How many times in our life do we judge the young and think they are less knowledgeable than ourselves?  How many times do we look at strangers and judge them before we ever know them?  Don’t be upset if you discover that you have done this quite often.  The truth is that we are all guilty of judging others at one point or another.

There is one thing that we need to understand is that we are all the same. None of us are any better than anyone else.  There are things that we all can learn.  We have to remember that judging others separates us from knowledge that we will one day need. 

When we think we are better than others we will eventually have to face the fact that we have faults.  We will see that we need other people to help us along the pace.  We have to come to realize that we are no better than the person next to us.  The person next to us may know the secret that we need to hear.

We have to learn to be humble.  We need to be open to the lessons people can teach us.  We need to remove the pedestal that we put ourselves and others on.  In all reality we are no better than anyone else.  When we learn this lesson we will see that through it all that we are no better or no worse than anyone else.  With this knowledge we can treat people fairly.

Questions to Ask Yourself:

Do you judge others?  Do you think you are better than others?  Do you need to become humble and accept that we are all the same in the end?  Do you need to accept that those that think they are better will be knocked to their knees and those that are humble will become first?