Mishnah Avot 4-3

Masechet Avot, Perek Dalet (Chapter Four), Mishnah Gimel. The Mishnah says, “Don’t be disrespectful to any person, and don’t dismiss any matter. Don’t dismiss anything at all, because there’s no person who doesn’t have their hour, and there’s no matter that doesn’t have its place.” What the Mishnah is really saying is that we have to treat everybody with a tremendous amount of respect. Everybody was created by Hashem. All things in the world—all people, all matters—are created by HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and therefore they have a purpose. Hashem created everything with a reason. So if we ridicule or knock anything, sort of take away its meaning and dismiss it, then we’re actually criticizing the creations of HaKadosh Baruch Hu and saying that Hashem created certain things for no reason. Everybody has their hour, and everybody has their place. That idea is basically telling us that everything Hashem created has a purpose, a reason, and a rationale behind it. So therefore, we have to try and find that purpose and appreciate it, as opposed to dismissing and criticizing it.