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Dignity

Your dignity rests on the assumption that your life is significant.

Dignity means ‘worthiness.’ To have dignity is to feel that you are worthy – not worthy to receive, but worthy in yourself. It implies that you have something of value that you can give others. Better said, it means that you feel that you yourself are of sufficient value that your presence in the lives of others makes a significant difference. It also implies that you enjoy being with others in a way that makes a meaningful connection.

You can treat other people with dignity even if they do not seem to display any dignity themselves, and you can help them restore a sense of dignity to their lives by the way you relate to them. You can do this by understanding them, respecting them, honouring their journey and their place in life.

Inhuman conditions detract from the opportunity to experience and express our dignity. Dignity resides in the freedom to experience the best within our human nature, and to share that. Our dignity is enhanced when we have the consciousness to express our soul nature. It is on this level that we deeply experience the value and importance of our being – both in the relationship with ourselves and the relationship we have with others.

We are purpose-driven beings. It is much easier to endure pain, suffering and hardship if we see some purpose in it. Purpose gives value, meaning and importance to things, people and experiences. We would rather experience hardship than have no importance.

Depression often carries with it this feeling of having no importance. Using the depression purposefully, we can let it take us to our depths to find the value and importance that resides within our own being. Whenever life presents difficulties, it is a challenge to us to go deeper to the level of soul where the value of our experiences can be discovered and purpose can be found.

Exercises: 1. Do you live your life with dignity? 2. What is your importance in the life of people around you? 3. How do you enhance the dignity of other people’s lives?

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