Accepting human differencies

That will be the day, when people accept other people as they are without painting them to be what we want them to be not what they are. I cannot wait to just see or even hear of that moment when everyone swallows the fact that we are all different and that is what makes us who we are, our various and diverse way of doing things. It does not make anyone any better being different to the next person; it is simply what makes the world interesting and lovely.

I believe that the reason why we have so many acts of terrorism and violence is because we cannot take each other as we are. If we truly respected and accepted our differences then the Muslims and Christian will be able to co-exist in the same area without any violence or noise. When everyone accepts that the other person has an opinion and they can speak their opinion and leave it to me to either take it on board or not take it.

I love meat; red, white or whatever colour meat there is (I also love my vegetables) I will eat whatever food there is and in as much as I believe that meat is the best thing going, I have to also accept that they are people who think carrots and lettuce are the best things going in terms of food. It would be wrong for me to advocate that vegetables are wrong and only meat is the best thing going.

At one point in Africa about 10 years ago a man hit another man with a brick on the head for ordering beer that he deemed not manly. Why would a man just strike another man for ordering his favourite beer? I have read stories of people who have fought because one did not pronounce the others name correctly, some of people who disagree on directions then they fight. The fact that they have different opinion to them is equivalent to a fight yet it could mean that they both don’t know or one might be confused.

For whatever reason people do not agree, it is no reason to fight. We have to learn the art of taking each other as we are, yes they are things that are not acceptable due to moral or spiritual issues but fighting will not make that person accept you. We can be different and still live together as one, at the end of the day we are all human beings no matter where we come from we are the same flesh and breathe the same air. I believe that planet earth is the only planet where men can live naturally so we might as well get along.

Yes we have different cultures, different backgrounds which bring about different passions which make us human, why fight about that. My colour should not exempt me from anything neither should my faith. Accepting that we are different does not mean that we are beneath anyone; it means we are different and that is the essence of being human.

The minute we accept that we are all different and yet can live together and build together our lives, that is the very time we will all be able to build a better world and stop all the wars. We can share our different resources and be more accepting and celebrate our differences not kill each other for those differences. What makes the world a diverse and beautiful place is the different features in different places all over the countries and continents, imagine the whole world being just the city or town you were born.