Treating Each other as Equals

This is a dilemma I personally reflect and process daily. How can you perceive the other person as equal as you?

The titles we give each other affect digesting this idea. You may think: I can’t treat her equally. She is my boss. I have got to fear her and be careful.

Another example is at home. Titles of husband and wife, parent and child, older sibling and younger sibling. These titles can also affect the authenticity of our social interactions.

Then I remember the deathbed perspective. If we all are living in this earth hotel, as guests, not knowing when is our checkout date (our death date) which could be any day with or without a reason. Then it doesn’t matter if that person is superier to you or inferior. Because death makes it obvious that whatever you fear today, worry, hesitate, protect or doubt, the truth remains which is: You are dead and I am dead.

This important piece of information acts as a reminder for the humanity to remember that the titles we give each other in this earth hotel are temporary. What is permanent is our meaningful and purposeful role as humans, what we offer and contribute for the humanity, what impact we can leave behind and what we want to be remembered for after our earth departure date.