Things Your Mind Says That Makes You Say...

WTF???

Have you ever been out and about and saw someone that made you stop in your tracks to say WTF? 

Chances are you have. 

I learned years ago in a course that we write a script for  people that makes us pause. Is it a man or a woman?  Is she black, white or what?  Is she a gang banger or a young person trying to fit into a script or style?   Is he poor? Is he an exotic dancer?  Is this person a player or professional business person?  Looks like a redneck racist... Hell's Angel or backwoods ignoramus.  Maybe an elitist or someone from a mystic organization like the one in Tom Cruise movie "Eyes Wide Shut".

Do you realize that we make up shit in our own minds to explain the people who are walking by us or who we are working with?  Do you know that one small piece of information can totally change how we think about that person?  

Clearly, it has been since the dawn of (man ) +woman,  that our goal is to preserve our own line... our family... our clan.  We are designed or have evolved to protect what is ours.  That's all good, and it definitely serves a purpose but  I believe we have passed the time of perseverance and are at a time when we need to help EVERYONE get to a place where they can surpass their potential, which will help all of us progress.

When you see a young person who appears to be down or lost, do you have the desire to talk to that person in order to let him/her know that they have so much going on and what they are going through is pretty common?  Do you see someone begging on a side street and actually take the time to see who they are or what they need?

Some of the deepest and most amazing people I have met are homeless, choose to be homeless and give their efforts towards survival and helping others.  

It's all a matter of perspective and the lens we are looking through is what will determine how we see the world around us.... Take someone else's glasses and look around to see what people are going through just to get by.  Or look through the glasses of someone who sees nothing but greatness in front of her. 

Take the time to think... put yourself in someone else's shoes  and what do you think people think of you?  We are all in this together.  We all want the same things/ Let's try to acknowledge this and realize that everyone else is doing the same thing.