Mutual and Equal is Everything
It’s the problem with capitalism…
People are walking around with dollar signs on their heads.
How much value you have us denoted by either…
How much money you have made
Or how much money you can make me
Think I am talking bullshit?
This is not a political post but if there broke homeless drunk in the corner of the hotel and I said half the mad stuff Trump says, I’d be KICKED OUT in minutes.
In one case it is tolerated and excused (because of money and status) and in the other case it is not tolerated because the dollar value on that man’s head is either low or negative.
I am actually not beating up capitalism either, I like to make money, I am an entrepreneur and providing for my family is super important.
I am picking on something else…
I am staring down a culture that creates relational value based on dollar value.
It is a transactional way of living.
It’s cold.
It’s heartless…
and it makes us all poorer.
We can do better.
That’s why in our Sphere Ecosystem we’re helping people build relationships that are mutually equal.
I can learn from you, and you can learn from me.
You tell me your story, I’ll tell you mine.
You encourage me and I’ll encourage you.
Neither party is more important. It’s the relationship that matters more than the individual.
That’s what happened in Pasadena when every Wednesday I bought George, a homeless dude, a Subway sandwich and we’d sit on the curb, feet in the gutter and tell stories.
I paid for sandwiches but he gave me life.
Sometime he even played me songs on his guitar.
We were different, yes.
But for that moment in time we were equal in our humanity.