Going Beyond What Matters Least to What Matters Most

Vaccinated/Unvaccinated - Is This Really What Matters Most?

I came across a quote from someone who attended a ‘Freedom Event’ and it went something like this:

 “Our group here is diverse – there are the religious and those doing drugs in the woods – but we are all united in freedom.”

That statement resonated with me deeply - not because I’m advocating for doing drugs in the woods or for becoming religious but because of its underlying spirit.

What matters most – freedom - takes precedence over what matters least. 

What matters least are all of our labels such as “Christian,” “Muslim,” “atheist,” “Democrat,” “Republican” - and now we can add “vaccinated” and “unvaccinated.” These things are largely changeable and they certainly don’t define who we are.

When we focus on what matters least our baser instincts tend to surface. We feel divided and separate from ‘those others’. Fear may take over. We’re then at the mercy of things which matter least. The labels get in the way of us interacting and genuinely caring for each other.

But what matters most is very different because, unlike what matters least, it doesn’t change over time. It’s innate, inseparable from who we are which means it unites rather than divides.

Freedom is innate to us. We are free, sovereign beings not meant to be ruled over by those who try and control what we think and what we do.

Freedom is not a right that is given to us by others or some belief we take on or a quality we somehow earn.

We are already free. But knowing this and living this and standing in this freedom when forces challenge it is most definitely a process – a process of clarifying our understanding of what matters most.

No people will certainly surrender their liberties, nor can they be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused, and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders.

-          Samuel Adams

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