...and that's my saving grace

Saturday, December 16, 2006

The greatest of these is LOVE

I love the way we as a society label others. That's always a good idea right? We label people everyday even though we might not realize it. Sometimes it's through the more common ways of race or gender or looks alone; other times it's based on random things like music or movie preferences. It's a crazy thing that just because someone likes a certain type of clothing or a certain type of hairstyle that they can be automatically associated with a group even if they are the farthest thing from that. Christ said to love others as we were loved. Sounds pretty self explanatory to me. I realize that I am just as guilty of stereotyping as the next person, but I just pray that we could all learn to look deeper inside people; give people a chance to show that there is more to them than just the person they are known as on the outside. Get out of your box. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Take a risk at getting to know people that you otherwise might just blow off and stick in another category. Reach out to those who are different from you and your friends. You might learn something about yourself that you hadn't before realized.

4 Comments:

  • At 11:34 AM, December 18, 2006 , Blogger Ched said...

    Good thoughts. There is considerable verbal and visual disjunction between the image and the text of your post in my mind.

     
  • At 1:37 PM, December 18, 2006 , Blogger Erinne said...

    Yeah I realize that. I was going more for the "everyone on the same side" aspect of it. Plus...they're "super friends".

     
  • At 4:27 PM, December 19, 2006 , Blogger katy said...

    it's true...i wasn't expecting this post after that picture...but...anyway...

    i would agree. people don't give people a chance. but, sadly, to be honest...lately, people have just been reinforcing some stereotypes in my head. and that stinks.

     
  • At 7:59 PM, December 19, 2006 , Blogger Erinne said...

    okay. the picture was distracting. taken care of. i'll bring it back at a better time.

     

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