Friday, May 9, 2008

We are all human beings

I must say, I find myself more or less a pretty neutral person. I would like if in a perfect world, to be everyone's friend, and get along with everyone. However, that isn't a reality, and I must settle with the fact that there will be many people who don't like me, or whom don't want to have anything to do with me.None the less, I still strive to be that "neutral" accepting person. I think that it is so important.
Yesterday, on our trip to the holocaust centre, a holocaust survivor shared her story with us. The one thing that stuck out, and was intented to, was the message of equality, loving each other, treating each other with respect, and that we are all human beings. I thought that was profound. This is bang on scripture. God calls us to love each other as ourselves, and that we are equal in his eyes.
My intention of writing this blog was originally to share a beef of mine, but I guess it turned into something a little better....
Today after school, I was feeling pretty good. Good about the people I was surrounded with by most of the day and so on. However, I ran into a situation that was very unsettling. I was in an elevator at the mall, and I was bobbing my head singing along with my music a little. There was this old lady who came in along with me and someone else I was with, and this lady gives me such a dirty look. Like I was some horrible person, because of the fact that I was a teenager, and I have purple hair, and I like music. It made me so angry! I felt so hurt, so judged, when this lady doesn't know half of who I am.
It just goes to show though, how easy it is to judge someone before knowing them, or making a call on who they are as a person by the way they look or anything else. But, it is such a horribly wrong thing to do. We need to be so careful, even when we think things to our own selves.
Lets seriously, myself included, really take this to heart. We are all humans, so we might as well get along with one another, and show some love among all people. Spread the word!

1 comment:

Kelsie said...

What's funny is, I was going to leave a comment here, then I saw you commented on mine first :P
This is so true. Everything you wrote.
I can't believe someone looked at you !
This goes to show society is pretty messed up!