Funny graffiti

Here is a bit of graffiti I saw once

The meek shall inherit the earth - if that's OK with the rest of you.

This is a reference to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5-7. Specifically, it is from Matthew 5:5 and is part of The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) - the first part of the Sermon on the Mount. 

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5, King James Version

There is also a version of this teaching in Psalms 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:11, King James Version

Many a sermon has been preached on this subject. Not the graffiti with its, "if that's OK with the rest of you," part. The Bible verse. I won't try to add any new insights there. But one thing that I will mention is our society's mixed signals on being meek. Everyone else wants you to be meek so they can get what they want from you. But when it comes to being meek themselves, you won't find many takers. It's all fine and good if everyone is meek but once one person isn't, the feeling is that they will take advantage of everyone else. So, one after another, people slip out of ranks of the meek and join in the "get it while you can" club. In the graffiti, it shows up as the meek needing to ask permission to get their inheritance.

What brought this all up? Someone talking about their manager pressing them to finish a task that is complicated and not easily pushed through. It seems that being meek is not one of the job requirements for a manager. Part of being a manager seems to be not listening to excuses. So, it seems that part of being meek is accepting that your chances for advancement are limited. Being meek means being satisfied with doing the best you can in the position you have. I'm fine with that - as long as it's not shoved down my throat. I may write my own graffiti

The meek shall inherit the earth so be nice to us today.