We all have some stereotype about particular groups/sects of people, but when we meet or hear about someone, let’s strive to recognise them as persons first, just normal human beings having similar features as us. Take the time to know someone as opposed to forming your own opinions of them based on past experiences or gossip you have read/heard. When you have taken the opportunity to really know someone and they ascribe to your stereotype, then you can choose to accept them as they are or cut them out completely and you shouldn’t feel guilty about that because we choose our friends and the people we associate with.
It is unfortunate that we live in a world that thinks it is okay to fear or hate the unknown. If someone acts differently from us or shares a different opinion or believes in something different then they are the enemy. I live to see a day when this becomes false but then again that would be too ideal and with the powers we are battling with that is almost impossible. Christian, Muslim, Traditionalist, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Black, White, Latino, Hispanic; what does it matter? We are all one people made in the image and likeness of God.
Now, writing this post has made me think about one of my favourite songs from the Lion King, let me Google the lyrics and paste that right here:
- As you go through life, you’ll see
- There is so much that we
- Don’t understand
- And the only thing we know
- Is things don’t always go
- The way we planned
- But you’ll see every day
- That we’ll never turn away
- When it seems all your dreams come undone
- We will stand by your side
- Filled with hope and filled with pride
- We are more than we are
- We are one
- If there’s so much I must be,
- Can I still just be me,
- The way I am?
- Can I trust in my own heart
- Or am I just one part
- Of some big plan?
- Even those who are gone
- Are with us as we go on
- Your journey has only begun
- Tears of pain, tears of joy
- One thing nothing can destroy
- Is our pride, deep inside
- We are one
- We are one, you and I
- We are like the earth and sky
- One family under the sun
- All the wisdom to lead
- All the courage that you need
- You will find when you see
- We are one
Lyrics: We are one
Butterfly Kiss 