It's easy to dismiss people based upon their appearances. I still have inner issues from my nerdy childhood. People didn't take the time to get to know me. And even now, I sometimes worry that my blue hair gives off the wrong kind of vibe. I'm not "disturbed" or "alternative", I just like blue. And my husband, in his fitted thermals and baseball cap might seem like a jock. Okay, he sort of is. But he's also one of the smartest people I know, but many times people don't see that in him. They don't see the guy that goes to library lectures of Iranian authors or the guy that studies books on the history of Rwanda. They see a sports nut.
As that age old cliché goes, "Don't judge a book by it's cover," because you might be missing the story of a lifetime inside.
Click here to read Beth's inspiring blog post about how she avoided judgement and had a great experience.
(image courtesy of Beth McWilliams)
5 comments:
Thank you for sharing the link. I will definitely check it out.
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a reader just sent me here to your blog, and of course your first post grabbed me right away, so i'm going to have to look around.
yeah, that's me with the orange hair and tattoos living in midland, texas.
i love the idea of NICE~~
I love this! Thank you for sharing this. I love it. I love the reminder that we need to be kinder to one another before we even open our mouths.
Thank you! And you keep taking care of yourself~ and if you have to post only once a week~ then so be it.
Kristine, Dallas
I just love your blog's theme! It is so refreshing and inspirational. Thanks for the nice reminder!
I love Beth's site! I ran across it a few days ago when she posted this exact post, and thought it was incredible...and the pics were great.
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