“My request today is simple. Today – or tomorrow – or next week – find somebody, anybody, who is different from you; somebody who has made you feel nervous or angry or even hateful; somebody whose life decisions have made you uncomfortable; somebody who practices a different religion than you do; somebody who has been lost to addiction; somebody with a criminal past; somebody who dresses ‘below’ you; somebody with disabilities; somebody who lives an alternative lifestyle; somebody without a home … Somebody that you, until now, would always avoid, always look down upon, or always be disgusted by …

I want you to find that somebody, and I want you to open your Heart to them.  I want you to reach your arm out and put it around them and tell them they’re all right … Tell them they have a friend … Tell them you LOVE them …

For if you or I want to make any real and positive change in this world, that’s where we’re going to do it … That’s where we’ll have to start.”

               ~ inspired by Dan Pearce

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