INNERSTAND & APPRECIATE

I am powerful, I am beautiful, I am confident, I am respectful, I am a father, I am a lover, I am loved, I am different, I am a person of color and ultimately human. Unfortunately I am also vulnerable, I can be hurt, I have been disrespected, I am unappreciated, I am viewed differently than my peers. It sucks to be so many things at one time, especially because in a complicated world we often try an simplify things that were never meant to be simple in the first place. I know we all deal with pain but when livelihood is included then the pain amplifies and takes on many different forms. We all need to take a step back and see the humanity in everyone, instead of looking for the negatives in each other. The stress of life, work, family and health is more than enough to deal with. Love each other, respect each other, help each other and one day someone being a person of color will have no impact on how they are viewed and treated. One day. -Christopher Hervey's Peace