“Don’t Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.” ― Bob Marley
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
“The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.” — Byron Katie
Different is Not a Value Judgment
Being different can be a scary thing. Judgment usually accompanies the word different and often it is a negative judgment.
People not only distrust what is different they often fear it. Why? If we accept different ideas, beliefs, ways of doing things, even people, we may find ourselves and our way of life changing. One of the biggest fears of humankind is change.
Do you realize that the word different itself is not a value judgment? Different can be positive, negative or just different.
When we refuse to open ourselves to new things we become stagnant, life becomes boring and problems take on a life all their own. When we refuse to make room in our lives for people who are different we are refusing the wonderful gifts they may have to offer. Can we really afford to squander the gifts of anyone in a world so much in need of fresh ideas?
Thought for Today
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~
Christopher Reeve
Thought for Today
“In every community, there is work to be done.
In every nation, there are wounds to heal.
In every heart, there is the power to do it.” ~ Marianne Williamson
Everybody Sing!
Thought for Today
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. “ — Bono
Thought for Today
“If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.” — Johnny Depp
Thought for Today
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” — Coco Chanel
Limited Thinking Limits Ability
I may have mentioned I have worked with individuals with disabilities. The last time was in middle management, supervising staff and providing case management for clients.
There were so many times staff members had decided someone could not do or learn to do a certain task, when in reality they could do the task, just in a different way. Learning to use the telephone does not require the ability to read. Putting on one’s own shoes does not require being able to tie shoelaces if you wear shoes with Velcro, slip-ons or even cowboy boots. Not being able to see that being “disabled” is often simply being “differently abled” was putting unnecessary limitations on people.
How many times do we decide we can’t do something when we really need to be looking for a different way to do it?
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