Thank God for You.
If I said thank God for you, I am sure it would make you feel very special. It would suggest that you have benefited me in some way. The question is — should my gratitude be conditional? Would I express the same gratitude if you had done nothing for me, or even harmed me in some way?
This new perspective requires us to look at each other through a different lens. The universe is unbounded in the breadth of its creativity, yet absurdly we as humans tend to view this same universe through a lens of limitation. When we look at each other what do we see? Skin color, race, sexual orientation, political affiliation, job description. The lens of limitation is a viewpoint of judgment.
LOVE changes all of this. LOVE is like going to the optometrist, getting a new pair of lenses and seeing the world clear and sharp. When we see each other through the lens of LOVE, we find the deepest part of humanity is spiritual in nature. That spiritual nature is where divinity resides — the GOD in you and the GOD in all of us.
For in the creation of the person that is YOU, the mold has been broken and no replicates will follow for all of eternity. YOU are the gift to all of humanity — and I thank GOD for YOU.
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