Thursday, January 5, 2012

Rust





Rust.  It's what happens when something metal begins to decay.  I'm no expert on rust, but taking this picture reminded me of the fact that people rust too.  I'm not talking about getting older and the aging process.  Maybe we aren't as tolerant of others as we used to be.  Maybe we never WERE tolerant and/or kind to others.  Maybe we don't give 100% on the job anymore like we used to.  Maybe we're just tired of the same-ole same-ole.  Whether we degrade over time or our faults have simply become more pronounced over our lifetimes, we all have the rusty places, imperfections that others experience and see sometimes all too clearly.


We all have faults - rust if you will.  Maybe my rust is different than yours, but its still rust.  My point I would like to make today is that just because we as humans have faults and aren't perfect, doesn't mean we don't have good points too.  Sometimes all we can see are our faults, our mistakes, the things we have done to screw up.  Sometimes we forget that just like this rusty screw that is still doing its job, that we are still useful, we are fulfilling or can fulfill our purpose - even though we may be rusty and no-longer bright and shiny.
You see, this rusted piece of metal in the pictures above is actually a hinge that is helping to hold up a door.  Without this rusted piece of metal and another hinge just like it, this door would fall down.  It's the door to a bathroom - a very useful place to have a door.  Sometimes, like in the first picture, all someone else sees as they focus on one small area of our lives is a rusted piece of metal that they think is useless.  They forget to look at the big picture and therefore don't come to an accurate conclusion about who we are and how valuable we are as a whole person - even though we have a few rusty spots.

As you go about your life today, remember that whatever faults you may have, you are still a valuable human being with a purpose and with positive potential.  Don't let your mistakes - your rust - define you.  Rise above the rust and do what you can to help others.  After all, you don't see this hinge complaining about it's rust do you?  It simply continues to hang in there.  You hang in there too and so will I.


A fellow rusty hinge,

Christopher

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