Softer views

I was thinking about my family this morning.  I have three sisters.  What is so remark-able to me is that we are all very unique people.  We had the same parents, basic influences and were raised under the umbrella of the same culture but we couldn't be more different in attitudes, personalities and interests.
The beauty of such diversity, even within my own family, is that it gave each of us the opportunity to explore something new, learn another way and accept one another for who we are.
I beleive that my family environment made me understand that I could enjoy and flourish in the diversity of life, instead of ridicule and condemn those people and things that are different from me.

On that note, the quote of the day is:

"Labeling is a valuable tool to aid understanding but ought never be used to define."