In Jesus and the Disinherited, the late theologian Howard Thurman wrote, “Uniqueness always escapes us as we undertake an analysis of character.”
Imagine. All the people who have ever lived, who are living now, and who will live in centuries to come — each one was, is, or will be unique.
The commandment to love one’s neighbor as oneself has no exception. The commandment is not to love one’s neighbor as oneself so long as it is comfortable to do so.
Do I honor and love myself in my uniqueness, with all my quirks?
This is a spiritual question because, probably, only to the extent I honor and accept my uniqueness can I gain the capacity to love each neighbor in all his or her uniqueness.