There is no such thing as an ordinary person. There is no such thing as a bad person. There are only divine beings, behaving well or behaving badly. All around us there are seemingly ordinary people who are unrecognised heroes and heroines, people who will never make the headlines, yet whose lives are extraordinary examples of divine living. These wonderful people do not harm others, not even when others harm them. They do their best in their ordinary everyday lives, and live by good values, and good morals, and with good behaviour, in spite of the many pushes of their society around them to behave at a lower level. These people deserve recognition, but often feel badly treated by others and by society, and misunderstood, and painfully disappointed that this is all they get for their good efforts. But God Itself does recognise their extraordinary everyday achievements, and they will be pleased when they find out how their sincerity, their good behaviour and their constant efforts to do the right thing shine out on the plane of existence that really matters, and how much further they are out of the swamp of difficulties than their contemporaries who keep doing bad things. They will be uplifted in joy and delight when they discover how extremely valuable their well-lived life is to their divine wellbeing and their divine future. They do not need to wait for this rewarding state of recognition, it is available to them whenever they turn their attention to God. They are blessed by God for each good deed, each quietly heroic moment, and these blessings are available to them now.
And what about the people who want to experience these blessings, but who are currently in a bad lifestyle, or wallowing in bad behaviours, habits or addictions, and who feel trapped by their heavy bad load? It is never too late, and no-one ever has too much to change for it to be impossible.
Z Smith
Copyright © Z Smith 2006
