Inferior Products Called Humans

From strawberry to vanilla, we all have a certain flavor we like. Preferences make us different. Actually, many things make us different, but that is a good thing. Wouldn’t it be boring if we all looked alike, dressed alike, acted alike, and spoke alike? The problem lies with the fact that we dislike those differences and call someone else’s differences inferior.

Take for instance the Swedish wrestler who received a Bronze medal at the Olympics. Granted he wanted Gold, but who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t want the opportunity to stand on the international stage and be declared a medalist? Of the billions of people in the world only a handful get to compete in the Olympics and only a few of them actually get a medal. So what’s the problem?

Sure it wasn’t good enough to win the Gold medal, but instead of cherishing the opportunity, he throws down his medal and storms out. Basically slapping the face of every competitor there because he thought he was better than all of them. Because of some “judging issue” he didn’t get the Gold, so he says. Because of his abilities he was able to compete. Because of his differences he was able to stand out. But, because of his self-centered attitude, he has taken something to be proud of and disgraced it.

Differences make us unique. Everyone of us have challenges, but not the same challenges. Life would not be life, if we had no challenges. Our differences through these challenges have created many wonderful things. We’ll use the Olympics again as an example…if we did not have differences, then maybe we’d all be swimmers. There would be no wrestlers to compete. If we had no differences, no one would win the swimming competitions because our abilities to swim would all be the same.

Please come down from your self-centered platform and stand side by side with those who are different. It’s because of them that you have this opportunity in the first place.