The difference between you and I is everything,
And nothing.
We’re both human, I don’t recall making that
choice.
Our differences or our
similarities in our skin color is irrelevant because neither of us had a choice
in this matter.
The
same is true with the difference in our facial features, hair, teeth, height,
athletic ability, artistic expression, and intelligence.
Our speech patterns may
be more genetically induced,
while our accents are a product of our
environment. Neither of which was of our choice.
Our differences or our
similarities in our spoken language is irrelevant because neither of us had a
choice in our native language.
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Growing
up in poverty or wealth, attending public or private school, not a choice of
ours.
Our choices regarding
religion and/or faith are largely taught to us when we are young. Almost all of
them (religious institutions) allow us to make a choice later in life on how or
if we wish to follow in that faith.
The
difference between you and I is how we choose to live our lives. The difference
is what we learn from our life’s lessons and how we choose to apply them.
Whether it is be productive, destructive - loving, apathetic – positive,
negative - isolated or engaged, these are our choices, and this is the difference
between you and me. I understand we will never be “the same”. In fact I hope we
never are! I do hope that in our own ways we can be on the “good” side of
“different”, for different is what makes life exciting. And “good” is what
makes life worth living.
I hope to meet your
different on the good side of life. Until then, may all good and different blessings
be with you.
by David E. Gonzales
