I am neither superior nor inferior to anyone anywhere.
We are equals.
While it is true that we all have different roles, different responsibilities, vastly different experiences, we remain equals.
We are not the same, but we are equal.
My life is not more or less important than yours. No matter how educated or uneducated or wealthy or so-called poor, or “powerful” or “powerless” you or I may be or may not be – we are equals.
While the world around you and me may not, and does not, affirm this truth, I will embrace it and live it to the best of my ability and hope you will too.
Why?
Because it is good for us – you and me.
And, it is the truth.
I aspire to live this way so that I may be at peace and fully enjoy those around me without having to combat the inevitable taint and contamination that will result when people believe in their own superiority or inferiority, or in the superiority or inferiority of others.
Your (my) race, religion, ethnic background, culture, language, qualifications, bank-balance, list of assets, “reach,” influence, or being married, single, divorced, straight, gay, none of it, none of it qualifies you (or me) be claim superiority (to judge), or inferiority (to be judged).
