It's not easy being green

Kermit, the Frog, of the Muppets

Among other things, Kermit, the Frog, of the Muppets, was a singer.  For me, his greatest song was "It's Not Easy Being Green".   How true!  It isn't easy being me in a fractured and crazy world, but this is where I am, like it or not, and I will be me as best I can.  

We are given one opportunity to live life.  So make the most of it.  An enlightened humanist may simply say that one's opportunity is most limited due to the limitations of a flawed world and a flawed humanity.  That makes sense, especially if one is poor or marginalized in anyway.  Faith, however, gives another prognosis.  

With the eyes of faith, life's possibilities are there for anyone to grasp, as we are all created by the one and loving God.  As such, we share in the one human dignity, with each called to their own greatness.   No matter who we are, faith reminds us that God creates us for good, raising us up from the power of evil.  Still, we must keep a sense of perspective, being ever humble.  .  

We are limited because life is fragile, because we are frail and so we fail to see, or are stopped from seeing, what is possible.  Despite whatever holds us back, we have the enduring opportunity to be true to ourselves, to reach that greatness that is the destiny of each of us.   

As I write this, I feel like I am writing propaganda or sweet words of nothingness, but I am not.  What is wrong with our world is not God's vision for humanity and creation, but we who make up the world.  Both we as individuals and as mutual humanity are challenged to be mature, to uphold systems and ways of behaviour that speak of a maturity, that allows for human flourishing.  God is there to lift us up all the way.  That is not trite ideology.  This is the real meat of life.  

As Kermit says in his song: 

"Why wonder I am green, and it'll do fine, it's beautiful, and I think it's what I want to be".