I got an email this morning from a young man who read my blog and took the time to write me. I was blown away! When you start to right a blog the first thought is, "Is anyone going to read this?" The second realization is that you are putting yourself out there to be judged, heart and soul, for all the world to see. But really, isn't that what we do every day?
Every day we get up and go out in the world. We interact with people of all different beliefs, religions, political views, sexual orientations. People of every race, creed and color. We put ourselves out there to be judged by whoever may or may not agree with us.
It takes guts to walk out the door every morning. Heck, some mornings it takes guts just to get out of bed! I am a white, Christian, conservative, straight woman and some days I don't want to be me. I want to put myself in a closet and not deal with people or prejudice or preconceived notions.
How much harder must it be for anyone who is different. And do they look different or act different or just think different. Are they different on the outside or on the inside?
But really aren't we ALL different? Didn't God make each and everyone one of us an individual? We aren't clones and we aren't sheep and who would want to be? The world would be a boring place indeed if we all looked the same, spoke the same and acted the same! Everyone of us is special in his or her own way.
Thank you Manolo for taking the time to write to me. You've given me the courage to be different and to keep writing about it!
