Power

I'm sitting on a couch built by several someones. I'm looking up at a ceiling built by other someones. There's a bug on the ceiling--not built, just hatched as a result of its parents reproductive activities. I glance at the light bulb (looking long is not recommended) put together by someone, invented after tedious work by Edison and probably others who never get credit.

Everything I'm surrounded by in this room took work, probably some imagination, creativity. Perhaps those involved in the making of it all faced ridicule and discouragement. But they persevered. They imagined, worked, created. Human-made things exist today because people have the power in themselves to do that. We have evolved to the point of seemingly infinite creativity. We all have this power. Many of us don't realize it. Some of us may even go about working and creating without realizing that we've contributed something; that the work we're doing is important--be it to one person or many.

The progress we've made thus far (granted, we have far to go) has been made because people decided to do something. They decided to use their power to create. WE have that power. We don't have to ask for it. We don't have to be good enough to earn it. It's just there.

Why can't we admit that we all have something to contribute? Why do we continue to belittle ourselves and each other? YOU are an incredible person and you have something (many somethings) to offer. Do something with that.

And while you're at it, lay aside your beliefs and work together. Don't pretend you are more powerful because you have the most truth. That's anti-progress.

Peace.

And this.