Take a moment and play make believe with me.
Imagine it is the year 2010. Imagine we live in a world where it is not OK to have a different religion that your neighbor. Where the color of your skin earns you sneers. Where you are not free to love who you want without hate flowing your way. Imagine a place where people with disabilities are tormented and teased and you can be hated due to gossip.
Now, go ahead and come back to reality.
That's right... we are in reality.
This is our reality. We live in a world so full of hate and judgments that people cannot see past themselves anymore. The world is not seeing the beauty which is called "difference". How are we to learn from each other, if we are all the same? I hate to think of our children's future... of MY children's futures. I want our generation and our children's generation to accept one another and accept each others life choices.
Here's the kicker... how does it begin? How do we start making the change? Can a handful of people start the wave that could one day lead to acceptance?
It takes one person. One person to attend a Pagan wedding or say congrats to the union of Mike and Troy or stop for a conversation with the Special Needs Greeter at the mall. One person to show that a persons heart can be open to all.
I want to be that person. Do you?
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