Monday, November 4, 2019

Differences to love


The strange thing about humanity is not that we are the same, but that every one is different. We may be made of the same material, but that is where the commonality stops. The wonderful thing is that we come across all sorts of people, and there is no limit to the amazing new people you can meet, know and love. But it seems unreasonable to me that we expect to find people just like us. It is just not possible for we are born at different times, or in different places, or in different situations. We grow in our own unique ecosystems, and even those in one family learn to think and react differently. Siblings even have different memories – and certainly different takeaways – of shared times!
So how can we expect someone to have the same sensibility or disposition as ours? And how puerile to be annoyed because they do not.
It is absurd to dislike someone else for a contrary attitude or opinion. After all, it is not only theirs to own, but unavoidably, inevitably theirs alone. We do not have to like or even understand their perspective, but as mature, smart, sophisticated humans we must accept it as rightfully theirs. Now, if we cannot live with it, we move on. We must take leave of a person with thoughts or sentiments that are toxic to our life philosophy. But a contradictory sentiment, even if wrong, is as valid to them as ours is to us. The only time they lose the right to that opinion is when they use it to hurt. Because then that is a criminal act. I believe enforcing a viewpoint onto anyone else is an act of violence.
We can never call ourselves civilized or advanced until we learn to not only accept, but respect, our differences. When we can acknowledge that what we think may not actually be right. When we are strong enough to change our stance to make way for newer, more encompassing, more kind pathways to comprehensive growth.
We are one certainly together on this blue dot, making our own better, and our own worse. But  we must acknowledge that our oneness  is defined and beautified by the differences that mark each one as one of a kind.

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