How to See People Instead of Labels - And How to Truly Change Our World
Do you think you can change the world? I do. I believe that an awesome change can take place in our world and in our society if we simply change how we look at people. If we can see people as humans before labels, our world would make a change for the better.
Living in a body without arms as an Inspirational Speaker, I get to look at the world from a different perspective. I often tell my audiences that society is a poor judge of my inner personality because I am often written off because of the way my body looks.
My 18 month old daughter recently learned that she could hold my left foot while I drive my powered wheelchair with my right foot. She does this when told and sometimes just for fun. She can hold on to me so that she stays save in crowded areas.
What is amazing to me is my daughter's complete and total acceptance of me as her dad despite not having arms. She views me with admiration and unconditional love. She doesn't see me as handicapped or disabled. She sees me as her daddy.
In my presentations, I love to talk about seeing people instead of labels. Society as a whole is a great giver of labels. We have so many labels that we have decided to make up new labels because the old ones seem crass or hurtful. The word "handicapped" has become "person with special needs." While I agree that the new label is better than the old, I fear it is just a band-aid on a bigger problem.
How about this...no labels. What if we viewed people as people instead of what they looked like, smelled like, acted like, etc? Get the idea? Then, political correctness could die away because we wouldn't need to classify. Instead of categorizing people, and thus limiting their potential, we could see the deep potential inside of them. Everyone could be equals.
Want a world with no war? See the "enemy" as a human being. Want to abolish poverty? See the "homeless" as people. We CAN change the world simply by how we view it. The task is yours, and it begins with changing the way you see the people around you. You can change the world one person at a time.
Living in a body without arms as an Inspirational Speaker, I get to look at the world from a different perspective. I often tell my audiences that society is a poor judge of my inner personality because I am often written off because of the way my body looks.
My 18 month old daughter recently learned that she could hold my left foot while I drive my powered wheelchair with my right foot. She does this when told and sometimes just for fun. She can hold on to me so that she stays save in crowded areas.
What is amazing to me is my daughter's complete and total acceptance of me as her dad despite not having arms. She views me with admiration and unconditional love. She doesn't see me as handicapped or disabled. She sees me as her daddy.
In my presentations, I love to talk about seeing people instead of labels. Society as a whole is a great giver of labels. We have so many labels that we have decided to make up new labels because the old ones seem crass or hurtful. The word "handicapped" has become "person with special needs." While I agree that the new label is better than the old, I fear it is just a band-aid on a bigger problem.
How about this...no labels. What if we viewed people as people instead of what they looked like, smelled like, acted like, etc? Get the idea? Then, political correctness could die away because we wouldn't need to classify. Instead of categorizing people, and thus limiting their potential, we could see the deep potential inside of them. Everyone could be equals.
Want a world with no war? See the "enemy" as a human being. Want to abolish poverty? See the "homeless" as people. We CAN change the world simply by how we view it. The task is yours, and it begins with changing the way you see the people around you. You can change the world one person at a time.
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