Guest Post from Arthur Yavelberg: Selfish or Selling Out?
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"They will call you ""crazy"" because you are, because you were born with the gift of seeing things differently and that scares them."
They're going to call you "intense" because you are, because you were born with the value well placed to allow yourself to feel it all fully and that intimidates them.
They're going to call you "selfish" because that's right, because you found out that you're the most important thing in your life and that doesn't suit them.
You’re going to be called in many ways, with many judgments, for a long time, but stay firm on yourself and what you want, and I promise you one day they’re going to call you to say, “thank you for existing.”
-Frida Kahlo
I noticed Frida Kahlo did not use the word "genius" in this. That is another way people are intimidated: "To deserve to be different, you have to be a genius." In the Jewish Talmud, there is the statement that "S/he who commits murder is as if s/he has destroyed an entire universe." Besides the biological aspect--every individual might have kids who will have kids, etc.--there is also the psychological one that everyone, not just geniuses, has a unique perspective that sees reality in a unique way. Of course, a society feels threatened by such differences because, if everyone takes "the path less travelled," there will no longer be a need for "roads" anymore--and the society will no longer function as a unit. The same is true of "religion." No religion can exist as a community if everyone has their own rituals, sacred texts, meeting times, etc. How much does an individual have to compromise in order for there to be a community? What is the difference between being "selfish" and "selling out"? Tough questions...with as many answers as there are individuals.
Arthur's book, A Theology for the Rest of Us, has earned the following awards:
International Impact Book Award
Best Indie Book Award
Literary Titan Silver Award
American Bookfest Best Books Award finalist
For more posts about Arthur and his book, click HERE.
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