Start with the observation
A person can be defeated by a fever or a sleepless night, yet can care about distant galaxies, future generations and justice for strangers.
Follow the reasoning
- Physical power alone does not explain human value; many animals exceed us in strength and instinct.
- Need opens a person to relationships with almost everything: air, water, affection, meaning and hope.
- The same dependence that appears as weakness can become a way of recognizing the generosity sustaining life.
A passage to hold beside it
“Belief makes the human being truly human; indeed, it may make the human being a sovereign.” 1
Read plainly
Human greatness may not lie in owning more power, but in consciously receiving, understanding and answering what is given.
Try observing this
List five things you used today that you could neither make nor keep functioning by yourself.
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