Going Cheap.
I’m reflecting back over the Black Friday sale, the Christmass sale and the Boxing Day sale. Discounts and bargains galore.
At the same time, nation continues to rise against nation often for the sake of greed and wanting what someone else has.
This ‘acquisition’ comes at a cost that no one can calculate because the currency is human lives.
It seems that leftover tinsel, redundant wrapping paper and outdated technology aren’t the only things that are going cheap and for the taking. With all that swilling around in my soul, some questions have come to the surface of my mind and heart.
Has human life always been this discounted and expendable?
Why did we get out our red marker and put sacred life in the bargain basement bin?
By what authority has this been done?
Is there a way forward where we can put human life back on the top shelf with a price tag of ‘Irreplaceable - not for sale’?
So let’s start with the easy one.
Yes, we have not always valued the sanctity of human life. The Master who opened his arms wide to embrace death and subsumed it into the dimension of the sacred died at the hands of others because it was expedient for the day. He was one of countless millions in history.
Why do we do this? Many reasons. Greed, convenience, failure and fear, just to name a few. You can also get a great combo deal for these reasons.
By what authority has this been done? Not sure, but I do know that every time we do not call this out, we are complicit in this action, we devalue ourselves and we diminish our brothers and sisters.
The way forward must be a collective exercise for every single person, starting with the person in the mirror.