There aren’t all that many people that truly want to be servants to another, or if they do, certainly then not on a permanent or on a consistent basis. In fact, a lot of people look down on those that serve as being, in a strong sense, beneath them. Further to the point, a lot of people put forth the concerted effort to thus place themselves into a position in which they do not have to serve others; signifying for them, that they will thus be in the pole position to be basically served by others, because of their position or their wealth . So then, it would seem, that when it comes to both serving as well as being the suffering servant, there are few that feel that they are called to be that type of servant, ever – thereby, suggesting for a lot of folks, that those that are the suffering servants, are there, because of their innate failure or perhaps bad fortune or some inexplicable reason.
As might be expected, in any construct in which the belief is that what we so have as our status, or our achievements, is ours to own – it thus makes it rather straightforward to see those that are in servile positions, as being in a place then of primarily their own making. This basically then also signifies that when it comes to power, to listening, and to the governance of a given society, that the people that make the decisions, are pretty much going to come from a place of success, or of accomplishments. That is to say, the pundits on TV, the politicians that we deal with, are almost exclusively going to be people that have the accouterments of success, and therefore will perceive the world in a way that fits the status of their own life as well as those that they primarily congregate with.
This thus presents us with a world in which the suffering servant not only does not have a voice, but is effectively seen as an entity that deserves no voice. Regrettably, this creates a situation, in which there is seldom room for improvement, because that which needs to be improved upon, is effectively being dismissed and ignored. In truth, each of us deserves a voice, and those that are the most suffering amongst us, deserve such a voice, more than most, because they are so often, unheard. It is those then, that take the time to listen to the un-championed, the forsaken, the forgotten, and the ignored, that are taking then the very first necessary steps to engage that which needs to be engaged; for what has been forgotten by society, is that the suffering that is part of society, which we care not to see, is often a fair reflection of the errors, injustice, and unfairness contained within that society. That is to say, the suffering servant, exists and will continue to exist, until their story becomes part and parcel of the fabric of the society that we are an integral part of; signifying that it is our duty to not only pay attention and to give time to those so suffering, but also to do our part to relieve such, by correcting that which fundamentally gives credence to the belief that it is okay not to be our brother’s keeper.