There's no doubt that as humans, we have many differences. Boy do we ever. And hopefully, we can celebrate, embrace, and accept our differences - as well as our respective feelings, style, emotions, desires, wants, goals, and the list goes on and on. Compassion and empathy are cool attributes to have. Bias and ignorance are not.
Yes, sadly, lots of folks don't know how to get along with lots of other folks. And that's a bummer. Especially if the differences are based on relatively simple things. Indeed, we live in a world where small differences can erupt into all-out war, figuratively and literally. And war sucks. (While writing this, I'm going old-school, and humming John Lennon's "make love not war" anthem, Give Peace A Chance; come on, and hum along. It's fun. Really!)
Now don't get me wrong: We shouldn't accept the type of differences that cause physical or emotional harm. Nope. And yes, there are some things in this world that we just can't be indifferent to, like domestic abuse, racism, and bigotry. But more often than not, our respective differences are mostly based on individualism, and non-violent personal preferences.
Now don't get me wrong: We shouldn't accept the type of differences that cause physical or emotional harm. Nope. And yes, there are some things in this world that we just can't be indifferent to, like domestic abuse, racism, and bigotry. But more often than not, our respective differences are mostly based on individualism, and non-violent personal preferences.
The thing is, even if we have differences ... and we don't look, feel, think, or see alike ... it doesn't mean that we can't still be best of friends; at the very least, cordial. If you doubt this, just check out this video below, and see for yourself. After all, who would of thought that an elephant and a dog could be best of buds. If they can do, so can we. Rrrrrruuufffff!
Differences Are Good.
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