This is so key to existing well in our day and age especially. Everyone else is a human. You are a human. Everyone has a past that has influenced them. You have a past that has influenced you. Everyone has a variety of feelings. You have a variety of feelings. Everyone has basic human emotions. You have basic human emotions. Everyone has different ways of responding and reacting to events or triggers. You have different ways of responding and reacting to events or triggers. Everyone has fears. You have fears. Everyone want to be liked and feel important. You want to be liked and feel important.

Your job and your accomplishments don’t really make you important. They may make you stand out so others see you but you are not more important than the person who cleans the hospital rooms or picks up your garbage. Those are labels, they are just jobs. They are not really YOU and they don’t make you more important than anyone else.

Everything you have or want is exactly what other humans have or want. It’s just a matter of what color or texture the gift wrapping is that makes us “look” different.

What you want to find out is what’s underneath that gift wrapping. Just know that it’s more valuable than any present you could imagine. The gift just may surprise you. If you can look past the poorly taped paper, the lopsided bow and the spilled coffee and just be grateful for what’s inside, you will view people much differently than ever before – and you will have a much richer and more fulfilled life.

Enjoy the gift of what’s inside that other human!