Photo by Donna

Today I want to talk about diversity. In the last 6 years I had the chance to experience it first hand. A trend that I’ve been noticing lately happening around me, is that people take diversity for granted or do not really understand it. For many people diversity lies in the color of the skin, speech, culture or in names of exotic countries they’ve never heard of.

There’s more in embracing diversity than accepting one’s skin color, culture or speech. It’s also about being open to different ideas and ways of thinking. I believe diversity lies in thought, in the way people come up with their ideas, in the way they express themselves, in accepting the fact that no two people are alike.

Sadly, people fear what they can’t understand and most people fear diversity. I see this everywhere around me, people labeling one another, labeling countries and cultures, labeling ways of thought, rejecting unconventional thinking, fearing the unknown instead of embracing it. To emphasize this, below is a video that I strongly relate to this post.

I think that “The only thing we need to fear is fear itself.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

Over and out,
The Lion.^[1]

1. The song to this post is: The Feeling – Strange. Open “Lion’s Radio” and scroll down to listen to it. [»]