Acceptance

Living in a world that is created by different types of people, cultures, and religions, we as human beings have to learn to coexist with each other. It is very hard to do when we have tendencies to disagree in almost everything. But the problem is not the disagreements but the hatred that develops towards people with different ideals than us. This differences usually consist of religion preference, race, sexuality, economic status, etc. How can we develop some sort of acceptance between one another for our differences? Well, being more knowledgeable of other, learning to understand their differences, and acknowledging the different people around you helps in accepting and coexisting.

Most of our fears are based by the lack of knowledge we have of certain things. When most of us were young, we feared the dark, heights, animals, and many other thing. As we grow older, some of those fears go away. An example were lack of knowledge destroyed many lives would be when the first settlers came to America. When they saw the people that lived here and they considered them as savages and not civilized. Filled with greed and racism they took their land, and killed many. Its sad that it took the destruction of many tribes and many year for us to learn and understand of their culture. But we never do learn from our past mistakes.

Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, fear and racism develop towards every Muslim in the United States. It didn’t matter how much knowledge on religion or the terrorist there is, the two have been associated with one another. Fear has spread all over and anyone that practice Islam, have been consider terrorists. That’s why understanding what we know is very important to eliminate any type of misunderstanding and stereotyping of everyone.

Once we know the difference between us all that is left is to look at our neighbors and accept them for who they are. We won’t need to be best friends, just acknowledging them as human beings and being respectful makes this world a better place. Remembering that very one thinks different than you is what makes this world change, develop, and grow. If we would all be the same, this would be a very boring planet.

This world is full of amazing people that bring so much to it. What would be the harm in learning a couple of things from one another? All we need is an open mind to the different things and ideas that others bring. If that doesn’t work compromise is the best next thing. You never know when you might enjoy what you’ve learned or need a helping hand from that neighbor. After all we all live in this world, we have coexist peacefully.