Everybody wants somebody to their own piece of clay

Well it is true, isn't it.

People use people as a means to an end. It's just how it is and always will be.

But the manner in which someone uses another can have a great effect on not only the user, but the one being used.

I just finished reading "Native Son" by Richard Wright and the protagonist, Bigger Thomas, felt used by the superior white race. So much so that he did not think of himself as human.

When you use someone you devalue them and their self-worth. They start having thoughts of inferiority and nothingness. They are, but they aren't. They are just ghosts moving along in life.

Waiting to be clay to another kiln which will produce pottery so majestic and regal, yet so lifeless and moribund.

Be mindful of how you treat people.

Marvin Gaye - Piece of Clay