Friday, May 22, 2026
Your life gives you something to provide commentary on, like Siskel and Ebert, a famous movie-critic duo who famously used the thumbs up/thumbs down system.
Parts of my life seem thumbs up and parts, thumbs down. If I critique it as a whole, I’m really in no place to do so. I’m not done living. The movie ain’t over.
The thought of “my life” is an apple. What my life is, is an orange. Can I compare an apple with an orange? Yes, but that’s not a comparison when no two things are alike. If my story is unique, who am I to critique without a comparable? There is no trading of destinies. There is no trading of stories.
Get into the judgy part of your mind and ask, “How can I judge anything when no two things are alike on the planet?” Seems silly to hold yourself to some arbitrary “standard,” doesn’t it? Throw tomatoes at the screen, call it shit, call it wonderful, call it anything you want, and it will always be a masterpiece of uniqueness. If it’s a masterpiece of iniquity or inequality – that’s your call. Against what?
We all experience hardship, strife, loss, and suffering. That never makes you unique. We all experience sickness, confusion, and doubt. That never makes you unique either. But we heroize and deify “figures” such as Jesus, past presidents, war “heroes,” “celebrities,” etc. We do ourselves no service when we rank, order, file, and judge.
History (and religion) whitewashes what it means to be human. History demonizes people too. But the wise know that to praise, blame, or judge, or put up on a pedestal is insanity unrealized.
No comparison means no-one and nothing is deplorable, elevated, heroized, demonized, or canonized.
Instead of standing in judgment, I stand corrected. I am just “too unique” to critique.