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I read an article yesterday that said 18-24 year olds were more or less color-blind. The person quoted, who was my age, said that rather than determining ethnicity or what drives them spiritually or culturally, that their bonds are created based on shared values. Hmm\u2026Sounds good on the surface, but is that the world we want to live in? And where are the \u201cvalues\u201d coming from if not from spirituality or culture?<\/p>\n
As I sat and pondered on this \u201cevolution\u201d in our thinking, I started to wonder if we had perhaps missed something on our way to creating this colorless world. On the one hand I\u2019m delighted that this generation has discovered that common values are infinitely more important than skin color. On the other hand, I\u2019m disappointed that we had to be struck blind to achieve it.<\/p>\n
This may sound strange, but with a God who likes variety why do we feel the need to all be the same?\u00a0 Will we ever learn that different does not mean deficient?<\/b> Rather than trying to achieve a color-blind society why not strive for a tolerant and respectful society that celebrates our colorful world?<\/p>\n
Beautiful people are everywhere. It\u2019s not just their external skin color ranging from alabaster to ebony that makes them so gorgeous, but also their inner qualities developed as a result of their culture and spirituality. You see…<\/p>\nIt\u2019s our differences that make us each unique, fascinating, and powerful. But it\u2019s our respect and acceptance of each other that makes us collectively, unstoppable. <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n I don\u2019t believe we have to be color-blind to be conscientious citizens. For true progress isn\u2019t in not seeing color, but rather in seeing color and not judging based upon it. That is when we will have evolved into better human beings.<\/p>\n Thinking more on it, I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s right about this group of young people. In my humble opinion, I\u2019d say that this is the generation that will propel us forward in truly seeing<\/strong> the individual \u2013 live and in Technicolor. It\u2019s not about all being the same color, but rather all the colors being on the same page. Being \u201cblind\u201d is not an option for them, because each person \u2013 along with their unique color \u2013 adds something to their picture of the world.<\/p>\n Perhaps it is us – those of us who birthed this generation\u00a0 – that have yet to advance in our thinking. Do we describe them as color-blind because that is the only way we can understand their new norm? Are we the ones still stuck in seeing color purely as the shade of our skin?\u00a0 Mayhap it\u2019s time we let some things go so we can grow.<\/p>\n Like the rest of nature we are born to be colorful, radiating the spectrum of God\u2019s glory. Our \u201ccolor\u201d is more than the hue of our skin. It is the essence of ourselves that shines through for the world to see and celebrate.<\/p>\n So back to the original question \u2013 is this the world we want to live in? For me, I want to share values and see color. I want to celebrate differences without judging for deficiencies. I want to acknowledge the power of the individual and the dynamic force of many. I want to use the big crayon box to color our world.<\/p>\n So tell me what you think! Agree or disagree, I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts and comments so we can learn and grow together.<\/p>\n Loving on Me as I Love You! ❤<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I read an article yesterday that said 18-24 year olds were more or less color-blind. The person quoted, who was my age, said that rather than determining ethnicity or what drives them spiritually or culturally, that their bonds are created based on shared values. Hmm\u2026Sounds good on the surface, but is that the world we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"switch_like_status":true,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[204998050,114917237],"tags":[11835,5202578,869932,69595758,922,156804,65896,4523721,204997786,204997597,122792808,44096762,13443,4107159,38192270],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/iStock-women-diversity-1000.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4eAxC-gi","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13560,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions\/13560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}