Every Life has Meaning and Purpose

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 1, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

When I consider the events going on in our world today, it is easy for me to judge and segregate between the people I like and those I don’t. Up to now, this has been an unconscious reflex, but now I am aware of it and I cannot accept this trait enhances the greater good I am trying to create. This is because I judge some lives more valuable than others. If I truly believe we are all made in God’s image and likeness, then I must accept that every life comes from the same source. This can only lead to one conclusion; every life matters.

Take a personal inventory

It is easy for me to identify the “winners” of my personal inventory. I can perceive the value in LeBron James and Rafael Nadal. I can validate the greatness of Eric Clapton, or Adele. My “valuable life” inventory grows when I add members of my family, like my children and grandchildren. My parents and brothers also come to mind. So do my old bosses, teachers, spiritual and political leaders and so on. It is easy to accept the value of the lives of those we like, but not at all the ones of those we disdain.

To illustrate the point, the following list is of those whose value society disregards or holds in harsh judgment. They can elicit…