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| Dr. Eric Melwani |
Dr.
Eric Melwani is a Golden Rule World Peace Ambassador and a Statesman with
IChange Nations™. He travels around the world with the message of the value of
life and the Golden Rule. He also pastors the Church of Many Waters in Orlando, Florida
with his wife Dr. Janet Melwani. This article is written by Dr. Eric Melwani.
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One
of the greatest gifts given to mankind is the gift of life. I consider it a privilege
to wake up every morning with thanksgiving in my mouth and to be able to
celebrate life daily. I am appreciative of all the benefits of life and the
value of it. I am grateful for the wonderful people in my life including my
family and to be able to celebrate each other.
Life
is very valuable and precious because it has been made in the image of our
Creator. Every life has been beautifully created and carries purpose in it.
Every life is amazingly unique and cannot be duplicated nor replicated because
it carries it’s own distinct identity. Just as every fingerprint is unique and
no one in the world has the same fingerprints. In the same way every life is
valuable and unique because no one can be like the other.
Every
life carries gifts and talents for the purpose of making a positive difference
and the world a better place to live. Thus, life must be protected and celebrated.
We must honor every person because every life is precious, valuable and has
something to contribute to humanity.
We
must celebrate other cultures, ethnicities and races of people because there is
power and beauty in diversity. Every culture adds flavor to humanity as a whole
and contributes to the value of life. Thus, we must celebrate the value of life
and its expressions through diversities we encounter.
I
was born in Kolkata, India and saw extreme poverty in the streets of Kolkata.
It broke my heart seeing these precious children homeless and digging through
garbage looking for morsels of food. It would hurt and bother me seeing the misery
of these people as the monsoon rains would come down and flood many streets in Kolkata.
Those living in the slum areas were greatly affected by the rain and poverty. I
remember feeding the poor and doing humanitarian works even as a child touched
deeply by the conditions of the poverty I saw in Kolkata.
Every
life is valuable including those who are poor, destitute and homeless. Our
situation and condition in life does not diminish the precious value of who we
are. Our economic status does not determine our value. What we have does not
determine who we are. We are priceless, precious, valuable and unique. Each one
of us including the homeless, poor and forgotten matter to our Creator and
every life is special and irreplaceable.
Every
person deserves to be honored and respected. We must create the culture of
honor everywhere we go. Whether it be in the slums of Kolkata, India or in the
tribal areas where many have never ventured to go. All people are a gift who
must be celebrated and honored.
Today,
I want to encourage everyone to value life and cherish it by maximizing it
through living a lifestyle of honor. Let us celebrate others by embracing
others and their individuality. Let us celebrate others by helping others to
reach their fullest potential. We are not in a competition with each other but
rather every individual has their own assignment and we must help them to
complete their assignments. We must work together for the common good of
humanity and remember there is power in unity. Let us celebrate life today
because all life is valuable.
