How to change the world for the better

When did people stop being people?

 

When did we start labeling everyone and deciding their worth and whether we like them or not based on their label?

 

Gay, straight, Democrat, Republican, Christian, Atheist, blond, redhead, brunette, skinny, chunky, tall, short, pretty, average, rich, poor, and everything in between.

 

I have friends who fit in all the above and I still love them all. Who ever said that we have to like everything about someone or that they have to be just like us, in order for us to be friends?

 

 That would be so

 

BORING!

 

 I had a friend once that was thinking about only being friends with people of the same political party as her. Since I don't associate myself with any political party, that would mean that our friendship would have been off. Thankfully, she decided not to do that.

 

 I hear so many times someone saying that if you don't like something about them, then they don't want to be friends. If that actually were the case, then, really, no one would have any friends because there is ALWAYS something you don't like, big or small. Do you always approve of your friends choice in partners-doubtful. What about their choice in food or clothes or entertainment?

 

 I disagree very strongly on a number of topics with friends of mine but I don't let that define our relationship. I look at them for who they are as a whole, not just one or two or even three things.

 

Everyone is a person of worth.

 

They are not more or less of a person of worth based on their political party. That would mean the love is based, not on who they are, but on yourself, whether or not they are like you.

 

 You want to change the world for the better?

 

 Stop focusing on issues so much and focus on loving others regardless of their label.