The great leveller

Let me share a thought which came to me during one of the trips to CMC Vellore with my father. In the Haematology department you have hoards of people thronging the cramped space for various reasons. Many of them come for consultations, some for chemo treatment, some for blood transfusions...... There is hardly an inch for you to sit down. Few benches are there placed along the wall which are shared by the hundreds who visit the department from morning till sun down. You would find the poorest of the poor to the wealthiest of all sharing the worn out benches, rubbing shoulders with each other. They all share common feelings of despair, fear, hopelessness, compassion and even joy. It makes you realize that sickness is a great leveller. It brings people down to the same level irrespective of who you are, what you have and how you have lived. The great leveller.

Few days later while thinking of this I was reminded of another great leveller. The one who came down for the poorest of poor to the wealthiest of all. The one who taught, healed, shared meals and spent time with people from just about every walk of life. Tax collectors, rich men, prostitutes, lepers, fishermen.....and did a great levelling with His Love. There was no partiality, no bias when it came to teaching Love, expressing Love and role modelling Love. He brought down everyone and everything to the same level with Love. 

Jesus Christ - the great(est) leveller.