The Weight of the I
Linda Millder
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THE WEIGHT OF THE “I”
Did you ever think about the weight of the letters of the alphabet? Did you ever consider the alphabet as having a weight? For example, what is the weight of a capital “I” with no dot over it in comparison to the small “i,” the little one with the dot on top?
Sometimes there is a fantastic difference in weight. I wonder if it has ever occurred to you that in all the European languages, the English language is the only one that has a capital “I” anywhere in the middle of a sentence when it refers to the first person singular, “I,” and that is the capital “I” that we see and give so much weight to. Sometimes we give it so much weight that it impedes our own lives.
The weight of the “I” can oftentimes limits things in our own lives rather than accent them. You know what I mean. Someone in a restaurant sits down, gasping, “I’m exhausted. I’ve been shopping for the last two years. Where on earth is that waitress?”
Well, it so happens that she has been on her feet for more than just two hours. Wouldn’t it be a surprise to her if the customers said, “Isn’t it hard; how do you cope with running about this restaurant in this weather?” Have you ever noticed how anyone of us objects to the weight of somebody else’s “I” being greater than the weight of ours?
Someone once told me that nothing made her more angry than when she would say to her husband, “Oh, I have an ache in my shoulder this morning,” and he would answer, “Yes, my arm’s real bad too.” Nobody likes to think that when they’ve got an ache or pain, somebody else has got a bigger ache or pain that they have. The weight of the “I” becomes so terribly important.
I am sure that you remember the occasion when the Master Teacher decided to retire to a place apart for awhile, but the people thronged around Him just at the very same time when the weight of His “I” must have been wanting solitude and peace. The crowd swelled to about five thousand, stormed around and pressed to see Him. It was impossible to hear or even touch Him.
Now, how exasperated He should have been. He should have said that He came up here so that He could get some peace and quiet. But he didn’t say that, did He? He thought nothing about His own comfort and frustration. He said, “Make them sit down.” He didn’t say, “Now where am ‘I’ supposed to sit in the midst of all this crowd?” He said, “Make them sit down,” and He set about His task of feeding them all.
The greatest mark of a great person is basic humility. I’m not talking about subservience. This is not what I mean. I mean to recognize the weight of the “I” as balanced with the weight of the “U” and not preponderant over it. As you go forward in your world, try and see how long you can go without putting forth a weighty “I” and you will find that you will make a lot more friends than you have ever made before because the weight of the capital “I” is exactly the same as the weight of the capital “U.”
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From Dr. Robert Anthony's 50 Ideas That Can Change Your Life e-Book
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In gratitude,
Linda Miller
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Oct. 19, 2005 6:36 pm