“It ain’t you, my friend. You’re standing in this bathroom
alone!”
It’s true… the only time you DON'T experience diversity is
when you are standing alone in the bathroom looking in the mirror.
Heck, you don’t even have to look in the mirror. It’s true
– with or without the mirror.
Diversity happens as soon as two people are together.
That’s because no two people are completely alike.
They’re like snowflakes. Or prisms. Or crayons.
Wait, crayons are mass produced….
Anyway….
Diversity is about difference. It’s what makes this journey
on this planet so much fun.
Think about it…
…. If you were
walking down the street and all you saw were people who looked exactly like
you, wearing the same clothes you wear, driving the same car you drive…
It would be like high school all over again!
Seriously, diversity is really the elegance of this
existence.
For me, if I’m sitting around giving my opinion, it
is WAY more FUN if someone disagrees or at least adds a twist or a turn that I
hadn’t considered.
It’s the learning curve.
I LIKE IT when people disagree with me, when they have
opinions that are different than mine – even if it is only a little different!
The only things I know are what I have experienced, thought
about, learned about, or looked at closely. My blinders are painted in the
colors I can see and only in the
colors I can see.
I need others to expand my colors, expand my experience, to give me a more diverse outlook, more things to think about differently.
Your experiences, thoughts, learnings, and considerations
are different than mine. And if you’re culture, language, upbringing,
experience of class or privilege or.. or… or…
Is different!!!!
THAT’S diversity.
Can you see why it’s such a celebration? Why there’s so
much to learn?
There’s no way I can experience everything myself.
Consequently, I want to meet as many people with as many different experiences
as possible.
Please, tell me more about you, about that thing you
considered over there or the learning you had right here or, what did you call
that whatchamacallit?
Let’s ALL stand in front of the mirror, together…
“Mirror, mirror on the wall… ain’t we so diverse and all?”
