Differences

Did you notice that every sunrise, every sunset, every birdsong and every day you cooked porridge was different? Did you hope for a better day after a good one and a bad one? Did you hope for difference? Did you hope for a good sleep after having a nightmare? Did you enjoy a burger and fries on weekend trips to the city? Did you wish for the harsh winters to thaw and break out into a beautiful spring? Did you ever complain to your mother that how you wished she cooked something different?

Did you regret looking at the rainbow or a prism dispersing light into a myriad of hues? Did you regret not having been born blind or deaf, because you had to see or hear so many differences?

Did you regret having too many dresses in your wardrobe, or having different flavours of candies in your jar?

If you didn’t regret any of these, then you ought to show the same enthusiasm for differences in every aspect. Opinions, ideas, desires, dreams, hopes, beliefs, appearances, skin colour, hair type, body type, sexuality, voice quality, gender, race, caste, creed, nationality, species, habits, interests, hobbies, passions... everything. Why do you feel uncomfortable with these differences then? Would the world be a better place if everyone looked, spoke, dressed, ate, slept, played and loved like you?

Why limit the perspective to a single aspect? Why keep pitting science against theism? Why keep resisting capitalism, communism, leftism, rightism, centrism, or any ‘ism’? Why not move beyond the confines of all ’ism’s?

Love is nothing but overcoming the notions of differences, and embracing an ‘ism’ free view. Love is about erasing all notions engraved in our minds. Begin with self-love, and embrace your ingenuity and uniqueness. Feel special, make others feel special, because they are. Tell people it’s okay not to have great body, a pretty face or a clear skin and good hair. Tell them it doesn’t define the person that they are. Don’t lie and tell everyone they look good; rather teach them to feel good and do good.

Keep hoping, because hoping is the most potent way to expect and look forward to differences.