There are 2 types of SOMEBODIES:
1. The Seated Somebody
2. The Standing Somebody
There are 2 types of NOBODIES:
1. The Mobile Nobody
2. The Wandering Nobody
There is a flow chart that demonstrates the relationship between these bodies, but it exists solely in my head, so I will paint it for you with words.
The Wandering Nobody is all over the chart in squiggles, floating between ideas and roles and maybe one day picking a role that feeds some sublime purpose like paying the bills, but never actually manifesting in a upward direction. Wandering Nobodies can easily become Mobile Nobodies if favored by a Somebody.
The Mobile Nobody is the heading upwards, has a discernable path that will eventually metamorph into the Standing Somebody.
The Standing Somebody has been a Mobile Nobody, and it was only after years of work towards their goal that they have become who they are. Standing Somebodies are the ones that are the doers, the movers, the shakers. They didn't become Standing Somebodies on their own, but were favored by a Standing Somebody when they were yet a Nobody. It is because they remember their Nobodiness that they give so generously to the Nobodies. Standing Somebodies and the ones that eventually become Seated Somebodies.
The Seated Somebody is the doer that has done so much, that their value now becomes imparted their skills into a host of Standing Somebodies. The Seated Somebody is the thinker, the visionary, the vehicle and powerhouse that gives the Standing Sombodies the fuel to keep doing, the keep moving and shaking. Their respect and position, earned over the years, is best spent advising the doers, as they can get more accomplished by supervising the skilled than performing the tasks themselves.
In your mind, do you now see the heirarchy?
Now, I'm a Nobody. I actually enjoy being a nobody while I have the chance, because my mobility should translate into somebodihood someday soon. Right now I try new things, I make hella mistakes and fall on the grace and favor of the somebodies that made those mistakes themselves.
People sometimes mistake me for a somebody, which is flattering beyond belief. The reason is that things happen for me, big things, whenever I need them. I also rub elbows with many a somebody. When people have a problem, they contact me because they know that I know the people to call who have the authority, the seat, to fix whatever ails them. This is only partially true. What I have is favor with those who have favor with the ones with the authority. When I have a need, I call those people and they call the seated one and plead my case. I do have limited options for direct audience by my relationship with their favored ones, but I find that more happens when I implore the help of those closest to ultimate decision-maker. This is much like we Catholics having Mary pray for us. We are close to Jesus, she is the closest-and surprise, surprise, things get done.
I was a Wandering Nobody, favored by a technical Mobile Nobody who helped promote me to Mobile Nobody to a much lesser degree. Now, that being said, being a Mobile Nobody doesn't mean you aren't amazing in your own right- if simply means that you have yet to acheive Somebody status in your respective area. A lot of this has to do with your legitimacy, which is why my amazing Mobile Nobody has kicked me for years to continue to accrue college degrees. Nonetheless, while she is a technical nobody in a worldly sense, she is the Superior Somebody in the ultimate sense, which I will explain later.
Since being favored by the technical Mobile Nobody/Superior Somebody, I have been favored by additional Standing Somebodies of various statures and domains. They are in turn favored by the Seated Somebodies and should one day become a Seated Somebody themselves. I hope one day to succeed them into Standing Somebody status.
My name actually means "successor," so while some sombody is the Moses, I can aspire to be the Joshua. I am not postulating by virtue of my name; this is simply something I know to be true. I never see myself as a Seated Somebody- I do see myself as a Superior Somebody, however.
What is a Superior Somebody? Apart from worldly acknowledgement, power, influence and authority esteemed by the world as awe-inspiring that the Seated Somebody holds, the Superious Somebody actually has the power, influence and authority- but without any esteem from the world. Superior Somebodies are mothers.
How does that fit in our heirarchy? It's its own little bubble, hovering above all the rest of the classifications which are bound to the world. Superior Somebodies transcend these boundaries. When done right, Superior Somebodies often relinquish their lesser Somebody titles, since it takes so much effort and energy to be Superior. When people become Superior prior to acheiving the other ranks, often times quests for those ranks become seemingly insurmountable tasks.
I hope to do, move and shake. I am content to be proteged right now by such women. Although the heirarchy prescribes that I move to Standing, to Seated, I would much rather move from Mobile (Going and Getting), to Standing (Moving and Shaking), to Sitting (Rocking and Burping). Does this give me any clout in this world? No- rather I will likely be ridiculed. But I will have invested in something much deeper and eternal than the adulations of strangers, influenced people whose entire lives are shaped by the foundation I laid for them, people who will hopefully inherit eternal life. Motherhood is a career you take to Heaven with you.
I am not ready to be somebody, but I will be someday. Right now I'll settle for the love of those who are.
1. The Seated Somebody
2. The Standing Somebody
There are 2 types of NOBODIES:
1. The Mobile Nobody
2. The Wandering Nobody
There is a flow chart that demonstrates the relationship between these bodies, but it exists solely in my head, so I will paint it for you with words.
The Wandering Nobody is all over the chart in squiggles, floating between ideas and roles and maybe one day picking a role that feeds some sublime purpose like paying the bills, but never actually manifesting in a upward direction. Wandering Nobodies can easily become Mobile Nobodies if favored by a Somebody.
The Mobile Nobody is the heading upwards, has a discernable path that will eventually metamorph into the Standing Somebody.
The Standing Somebody has been a Mobile Nobody, and it was only after years of work towards their goal that they have become who they are. Standing Somebodies are the ones that are the doers, the movers, the shakers. They didn't become Standing Somebodies on their own, but were favored by a Standing Somebody when they were yet a Nobody. It is because they remember their Nobodiness that they give so generously to the Nobodies. Standing Somebodies and the ones that eventually become Seated Somebodies.
The Seated Somebody is the doer that has done so much, that their value now becomes imparted their skills into a host of Standing Somebodies. The Seated Somebody is the thinker, the visionary, the vehicle and powerhouse that gives the Standing Sombodies the fuel to keep doing, the keep moving and shaking. Their respect and position, earned over the years, is best spent advising the doers, as they can get more accomplished by supervising the skilled than performing the tasks themselves.
In your mind, do you now see the heirarchy?
Now, I'm a Nobody. I actually enjoy being a nobody while I have the chance, because my mobility should translate into somebodihood someday soon. Right now I try new things, I make hella mistakes and fall on the grace and favor of the somebodies that made those mistakes themselves.
People sometimes mistake me for a somebody, which is flattering beyond belief. The reason is that things happen for me, big things, whenever I need them. I also rub elbows with many a somebody. When people have a problem, they contact me because they know that I know the people to call who have the authority, the seat, to fix whatever ails them. This is only partially true. What I have is favor with those who have favor with the ones with the authority. When I have a need, I call those people and they call the seated one and plead my case. I do have limited options for direct audience by my relationship with their favored ones, but I find that more happens when I implore the help of those closest to ultimate decision-maker. This is much like we Catholics having Mary pray for us. We are close to Jesus, she is the closest-and surprise, surprise, things get done.
I was a Wandering Nobody, favored by a technical Mobile Nobody who helped promote me to Mobile Nobody to a much lesser degree. Now, that being said, being a Mobile Nobody doesn't mean you aren't amazing in your own right- if simply means that you have yet to acheive Somebody status in your respective area. A lot of this has to do with your legitimacy, which is why my amazing Mobile Nobody has kicked me for years to continue to accrue college degrees. Nonetheless, while she is a technical nobody in a worldly sense, she is the Superior Somebody in the ultimate sense, which I will explain later.
Since being favored by the technical Mobile Nobody/Superior Somebody, I have been favored by additional Standing Somebodies of various statures and domains. They are in turn favored by the Seated Somebodies and should one day become a Seated Somebody themselves. I hope one day to succeed them into Standing Somebody status.
My name actually means "successor," so while some sombody is the Moses, I can aspire to be the Joshua. I am not postulating by virtue of my name; this is simply something I know to be true. I never see myself as a Seated Somebody- I do see myself as a Superior Somebody, however.
What is a Superior Somebody? Apart from worldly acknowledgement, power, influence and authority esteemed by the world as awe-inspiring that the Seated Somebody holds, the Superious Somebody actually has the power, influence and authority- but without any esteem from the world. Superior Somebodies are mothers.
How does that fit in our heirarchy? It's its own little bubble, hovering above all the rest of the classifications which are bound to the world. Superior Somebodies transcend these boundaries. When done right, Superior Somebodies often relinquish their lesser Somebody titles, since it takes so much effort and energy to be Superior. When people become Superior prior to acheiving the other ranks, often times quests for those ranks become seemingly insurmountable tasks.
I hope to do, move and shake. I am content to be proteged right now by such women. Although the heirarchy prescribes that I move to Standing, to Seated, I would much rather move from Mobile (Going and Getting), to Standing (Moving and Shaking), to Sitting (Rocking and Burping). Does this give me any clout in this world? No- rather I will likely be ridiculed. But I will have invested in something much deeper and eternal than the adulations of strangers, influenced people whose entire lives are shaped by the foundation I laid for them, people who will hopefully inherit eternal life. Motherhood is a career you take to Heaven with you.
I am not ready to be somebody, but I will be someday. Right now I'll settle for the love of those who are.
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