If the world does not value you because you do not have money, a prestigious job, a socially accepted standard of beauty, or a position of influence, know also that those who have money, a prestigious job, a socially accepted standard of beauty, and a position of influence do not possess value either. Because, in truth and in truth itself, value is not in these things. Value has never been on the outside. I tell you that none of this truly matters, and none of it contains your true worth. Therefore, do not become vain nor diminish yourself because of the position the world assigns to you.
If you judge by the world’s judgment, you may despise, for example, a food delivery worker, but you do not know the level of peace he has; you do not know how brightly his soul shines; you do not know how much love he carries in his heart; you do not know how much gratitude is within him. And you, with money, beauty, and prestige, judging him—filled with bitterness, filled with hatred, filled with pride, filled with prejudice—while he performs a service that directly benefits you. Let us stop being ungrateful; let us stop living in illusion; let us stop forgetting that we have a soul. We must forget that we have money, forget that we have a standard of beauty, forget that we have social prestige when we speak with another human being. Because, in truth, the reality is that they are just two eternal souls interacting for a moment in time, and what will endure is the love that this interaction brought into the heart of each one involved.
Have humility, for Christ—who is the Christ—humbled Himself and never became vain; when they called Him good, He acknowledged that only the Father is good. Be humble in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
