Assignment Three

Change reigns as a challenge within itself. Most are not openly willing to welcome any ideas which oppose their present beliefs. Blood has been shed, lives have been lost, and families have been torn apart in the name of equality. Vast amounts of groups exist and they all scream for one common goal, equality. Women want the same rights as men, homosexuals fight for the same rights as heterosexuals, rights for the disabled, and the list goes on.
One of the biggest challenges in promoting change, not only in my community, but globally, is the grouping and labeling or classifying of people. In identifying who we are, what we are, where we are from, what religion we practice, what skin color we wear, what degree we hold or what job title we carry, we succeed wholeheartedly at one thing: mass separation. Separation brings forth supremacy, and from supremacy develops racism.
This mentality is not innate; rather, it is learned behavior. Watching young children interact proves this point. A child doesn’t care about or even notice differences, unless those differences are pointed out to that child. I watched a three year old little girl play happily with a four year old autistic boy for weeks in school. They both enjoyed each other and considered themselves each other’s friend, always happy and bubbling with excitement to play together. After “Parents Day” something changed in the little girl; she no longer wanted to play with the little boy. She avoided him, but I could see in her eyes the desire was still there. I could tell by the way she would start running towards him and suddenly stop dead in her tracks that a seed of difference had been planted within her. What will come to harvest is segregation from anyone who is different.
As a beginning resolution to this issue, I started with myself and taking a look at how I treat and react toward people. I’ve committed to living and life in love and focusing on being a positive presence in the lives of others. I see Pulsewire as an opportunity for people to look into my heart through my words without taking a biased standpoint from seeing my face. I believe that Pulsewire affords the opportunity to realize that we all are human beings living on the planet Earth.