To Be a VIP
After spending a week at the Phoenix Open, I've developed some interesting theories about the desire of a certain percentage of society to feel important. I discovered that people will pay a large amount of money simply to be called a VIP and get to go to a different section of an event that is "off limits" to the regular attenders. I also watched that VIP still isn't enough, that the throwers of this party have their own special area that is coveted by those who attend. People scramble to enter into the "exclusive" area available to only those who know someone.
What is it about our need to feel more important than other people? It seems that many feel unimportant and want greatly to be treated as if they were. Others feel as if they are important and they crave for others to recognize it. Either way, it is a sad sight to see people walk all over people just to receive the admiration of other people. We live in an America today that claims it champions rights and equality for all, but do we really believe that? Sure we all like the idea of it, we like the theory, but for us to really buy into it, we have to come to the conclusion that none of us are more important than anyone else. We also need to resist the temptation to desire to be more important than others. In order for "Very Important People" to exist, we have to acknowledge that there must be other less important people. The very concept of VIP is contrary to the idea that we are all equal. Once again, it is a wandering, homeless, sage of 2,000 years ago who got it right when he said, "But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted." The true VIP is the one who treats everyone around them as such, not exclusively, but inclusively.
What is it about our need to feel more important than other people? It seems that many feel unimportant and want greatly to be treated as if they were. Others feel as if they are important and they crave for others to recognize it. Either way, it is a sad sight to see people walk all over people just to receive the admiration of other people. We live in an America today that claims it champions rights and equality for all, but do we really believe that? Sure we all like the idea of it, we like the theory, but for us to really buy into it, we have to come to the conclusion that none of us are more important than anyone else. We also need to resist the temptation to desire to be more important than others. In order for "Very Important People" to exist, we have to acknowledge that there must be other less important people. The very concept of VIP is contrary to the idea that we are all equal. Once again, it is a wandering, homeless, sage of 2,000 years ago who got it right when he said, "But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted." The true VIP is the one who treats everyone around them as such, not exclusively, but inclusively.
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