To be equal is to be at the same level. It is to have balance and to be on an even plain. A word cannot make you the same as something else or someone else. Often times you must earn your way to it. Not every person is equal in their gifts nor are they born into equal circumstances. The only true fact of equality is that we are all born naked and crying and that we all will pass away in death. For all other things, we must fervently work. We cannot be given equality in this life, it must be earned. The struggle is a life long one unless you become content, to accept that the only thing truly worth while is equal respect that allows each of us to achieve what we are capable of. In this we can leave the world a more balanced place than we found it.