Rameil Hormozi Blog

The next time you watch a movie or read a book about humans in the past, remember one thing: Just as we observe our past, one day we too shall be observed.

Meaning?

Meaning, just as we think back to times when human beings were fed to lions or burned at the stake or engaged in some other form of what now appears to be insane behaviour, remember this – one day, society will look back at our generation, wondering the exact same thing. One day, people will look back – bewildered, attempting to understand what we were thinking – or perhaps not thinking.

Here is a present day example. California Proposition 8 is titled “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry”. If passed, the proposition would “change the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California”.

Generally speaking, warning bells tend to go off in my head when I am presented with sweeping statements that begin with “Eliminates Right of…”. Can you imagine voting on whether black people should be allowed to get married, or if women should be allowed to open bank accounts? Just the thought makes you uncomfortable. Yet we discuss other issues as though they are legitimate arguments that require “consideration”.

Conflict is present all over the world; over a million people have died in Iraq alone. The World economy is collapsing; people are losing everything they had amassed over the course of their lifetimes. However, the good people of California have more pressing issues to tend to: deciding whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. How thoughtful.

Imagine for one second that California Prop. 8 does not seek to remove the right of same-sex couples to wed. Rather, it attempts to prevent heterosexual marriages. Consider that the people who are responsible for War, for famine, for economic collapse, for global unrest, for division in humanity, for fear, for hatred, for racism, for death – image for just one second that these people will resolve whether you and your partner should be allowed to marry. Imagine that these people will decide whether the love between you and your partner is legitimate – whether it is “pure”. Please stop here, close your eyes and really think about this for a minute.

How do you feel?

Do you feel empowered? Do you feel as though you are accepted and valued? Do you aspire to go out and create positive change in the World?

I doubt it very much. I am certain you feel sad, trapped and lonely. Yet, this is exactly how we are making people feel right at this moment. For same-sex couples, this situation is not imaginary – it is very real.

Please remember, one day – just as we observe our past, we too will be observed. We have moral obligations not just to protect and nurture the present, but also the future. God is not the only one who can (and will) judge you. Your children will. Their children will. A thousand years from now – everybody will.