The first thing we notice about a person is the way they look. We notice their height, weight, colour and abnormalities, and many of us decide whether or not they look good and form an opinion on them. People who look good tend to get friends easily and are always sought after by members of the opposite sex. I guess this is human nature, and what comes naturally to us isn't something we can fight too hard against. But it would be great if we could keep this opinion to ourselves more often than not, and prevent it from impacting their feelings.
A girl with hypothyroidism is called out on the playground- "Hey, fatty!"
She cringes and runs away.
"Penguin! Haha!" they still call after her.
A small boy is being picked on by bullies in school.
"Puny little idiot," they say to him, knocking his head. He keeps a straight face. He would never give in.
"Oh, the blackie," a dark young girl is welcomed into the classroom. She ignores it. "Blackie!"
“You lame sloth, you shall lag behind forever, ” a group of kids says to the boy who has polio.
These habits should be nipped in the bud when kids are very little and not allowed to be carried beyond school. Otherwise, they tend to persist even when they turn into adults, not knowing how much they might be hurting other people. Nowadays, the world has advanced towards this and perhaps lesser and lesser among us adults are prejudiced. However, there is still a long way to go.
The overweight girl, though now thinner and healthy, will never be able to look at herself normally again. What has been told to her in her childhood has impacted her forever; no matter who finds her beautiful, she will never feel beautiful inside again. There were too many years of being told the opposite. Inside, she's always the damaged fat kid that no one wants to play with.
The tiny boy has learnt to be strong and fend off people who try to put him down; he's defensive by nature, and it makes him unconsciously push people away. No amount of growth is going to change that about him.
The dark girl is forever shrouded by the notion that people think she looks bad. She always finds it hard to believe when someone genuinely compliments her looks.
The impact of the things we blurt out without a second thought have the potential to create a ripple and turn out to be much bigger than we would have ever imagined. The impact of our words spoken at whim could be the reason to damage someone for life. The difference between humans and animals is that humans have the capacity to think. So we should all be encouraged to think; think beyond looks!
A girl with hypothyroidism is called out on the playground- "Hey, fatty!"
She cringes and runs away.
"Penguin! Haha!" they still call after her.
A small boy is being picked on by bullies in school.
"Puny little idiot," they say to him, knocking his head. He keeps a straight face. He would never give in.
"Oh, the blackie," a dark young girl is welcomed into the classroom. She ignores it. "Blackie!"
“You lame sloth, you shall lag behind forever, ” a group of kids says to the boy who has polio.
These habits should be nipped in the bud when kids are very little and not allowed to be carried beyond school. Otherwise, they tend to persist even when they turn into adults, not knowing how much they might be hurting other people. Nowadays, the world has advanced towards this and perhaps lesser and lesser among us adults are prejudiced. However, there is still a long way to go.
The overweight girl, though now thinner and healthy, will never be able to look at herself normally again. What has been told to her in her childhood has impacted her forever; no matter who finds her beautiful, she will never feel beautiful inside again. There were too many years of being told the opposite. Inside, she's always the damaged fat kid that no one wants to play with.
The tiny boy has learnt to be strong and fend off people who try to put him down; he's defensive by nature, and it makes him unconsciously push people away. No amount of growth is going to change that about him.
The dark girl is forever shrouded by the notion that people think she looks bad. She always finds it hard to believe when someone genuinely compliments her looks.
The impact of the things we blurt out without a second thought have the potential to create a ripple and turn out to be much bigger than we would have ever imagined. The impact of our words spoken at whim could be the reason to damage someone for life. The difference between humans and animals is that humans have the capacity to think. So we should all be encouraged to think; think beyond looks!
This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.
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