Been to the book store lately? Picked something up and put it back down because it just didn't look very interesting? Hmmmm. Sound like a cliche your mom used to say?
Quite literally, some of the best books you'll ever read are books you wouldn't normally have picked up just because of the cover. In turn, some of the best folks you'll ever encounter are folks you would never have initially chosen to interact with.
Kite Runner is an amazing book. The cover is quite misleading to the whole realm of the book. And yet, it is a fantastic read. To most, when cleaned up properly, I look like a fairly proper, pretty feminine woman. Little do most folks know that I can leg press over 500 pounds and kick most of you squarely in the face if you made me really angry. (Thank goodness that doesn't happen often!) There are plenty of folks within your day that you might steer clear of for one reason or another, and that may be the biggest mistake of your life.
When we pre-judge a person, we lose out on getting to know what's inside. We let perceptions make our prejudices for us. What a sad and sorry situation. Give Same Kind of Different as Me a read and you will find a profound statement about taking that step, outside of your comfort zone, to realize new talents, opportunities, and graces. We are all humans. What life has done to each of us chisels a diversity that makes our community amazing. What we choose to with that diversity is what makes our community a working, productive, progressive, positive place within which to exist.
Please, today . . . and always . . . read whatever 'book' is given to you. Take it in. Absorb its cerebral and emotional nutrients and filter the rest. Say "Hi!" to that person you'd normally switch aisles to avoid. They just may hold the key to something you've been searching for. Do not judge, lest you be judged yourself ~ that golden rule that most of us disobey, but believe we are above. Acceptance is a beautiful thing. Be that open book . . .
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