In essence

What do you see when you greet an individual?

Is it their appearance?
Is it their profession?
Is it their money?
Is it their hard earned labels?
Is it their circle of people?

Or.

Is it their heart?
Is it their work?
Is it their effort?
Is it their hard earned integrity?
Is it their passion?

A tiny bit different on either sides of the Or.
A tiny difference of a matter of measure.
On one hand, something tangible and largely defined, manufactured, heavily impressed upon our minds through rampant publicising and thus after all assumed and accepted;
On the other hand, something intangible and difficult to define or manufacture or even publicise because what could you make out of it in its diversity and unseen presence and thus after all overlooked and avoided?

Yet.
Deep down we know.
And we yearn.
With a little bit of courage each time,
We may overcome the deluge of should-bes and effortlessly see what naturally is,
And what matters
In essence.