Making Heaven Part 3

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

The meek are those who turn the other cheek. They are those who are gentle and kind, who do not anger easily. And the reward for those who are meek is to inherit the earth? Surely this makes no sense, in a world where it is the early bird who gets the worm and the self-promoters who make the most money and the liars who get elected to political office and the fake movie stars who are our heroes.

But that is the world that we have because it is the world we have made. We are vain and selfish, and so we get a vain and selfish world. Until we learn to become meek, and see that the world has, all along, been made for the meek.

The flowers that bloom only one day a year—the meek see those. The sunsets and sunrises that those working too hard never notice—those are for the meek. The shy smile of a child who lives across the street and is not sure if the world is friendly or not—that is for the meek grandfatherly figure. The reflection on a life lived well—that is for the meek.