I am Human

One thing I've learned since I began to grow up is that everyone is pretty much all the same on the inside. Yes, some may not have two kidneys, or maybe they have broken ribs, but that's not what I'm talking about. What I'm saying is we don't need to hate on each other. There is no reason to be racist, homophobic, sexists, or anything else that degrades another person. We all come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. We should love each other, not cause problems for each other.

Coming to New York City just some months ago made me realize just how small I am. America is made up of so many different cultures and living in a small town in Michigan didn't allow me to see that from anything besides a TV screen. Being here in NYC has broadened my perspective on what a human is. I've never been one to judge by appearances or culture, but I'll be honest, coming to New York? I was slightly unnerved to see so many different religions and so on. I felt like there wasn't a place that I would find to fit in because everyone's parents seemed to have come from different countries and I and my family were born and raised in the United States.

That thinking has changed of course, now that I'm used to it, now I see just how great it is to be surround by different kinds of people. This brings a whole new definition to the word "human". Human for me meant that we were all the same, but the thing is, why do we even want to be all the same? Why do we have to bring up the fact that we are all the same on the inside in order to feel better about ourselves or our situations? Being human shouldn't be about being the same on the inside, it should be about the ability to be completely different from everyone else.

Your hair is too thick and it is hard to manage, you just wish you could have thinner and more manageable hair, but guess what? That person you're wishing you were? They are wishing to be you, wishing they had thicker hair because theirs is just too boring for them. This is but one example of the many things people go on about every single day! There's this person who is relatively thin, a small amount of curves, absolutely stunning. They wish they could have more definition, or something more than the square shape that they are. There is another person who Is the exact opposite and wishes for themselves to be less. The only thing that helps them see that the other person isn't better is because "We are all the same on the inside".

Stop this mentality! Stop saying that we are all the same on the inside! We should be proud of everything that we have that I different from someone else. If you have curves flaunt them, if you grew up in Africa and moved to the U.S. be happy about it, if your religion is different from your friends don't feel excluded, because the only one who sees you as an outsider is yourself.

I am human because I am different. Not because I am the same.

To be human does not mean that we are all the same on the inside, though it's relatively true, being human means that we are all different on the outside. It's about time that we be proud of it.