This blog post is inspired by Karen Walrond, photographer, blogger, and author of The Beauty of Different. I am a big, big fan of hers and frequently read her tweets and beautiful Chookooloonks blog. A resident of Houston, Texas, she is a native of Trinidad and Tobago, married to an Englishman, and together they have a lovely young adopted daughter named Alex. On her Beauty of Different blog she recently posted this:
I have come to believe that discrimination and bigotry will ONLY go away
when we realize there is beauty in difference.
There is beauty in difference.
There is beauty in difference.
There is beauty in difference.
I couldn't agree with her more. We are all the same and we are all different. We must learn to accept and respect each other's differences. How boring the world would be if everyone liked the same things, believed the same things, and even valued the same things!
Here is the beautiful video she made to promote her book. Even if you never read her book, and you should see this; it is well worth watching.
The play therapist and children's book lover in me was reminded of the following books that share these views. Oh, the wisdom of children's books!
It's Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
Miles's favorite line: "It's okay to have a pet worm"
The Skin You Live In
by Michael Tyler and illustrated by David Lee Csicsko.
If we all respected one another's differences we just might find PEACE. Which is the theme of these books:
by Mem Fox and illustrated by Leslie Staub
Happy St. Patrick's Day especially to any of you who have Irish blood or wish you did!
P.S. Yes, my dream is for Karen to photograph me some day.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
I do so appreciate each and every comment. Thanks!