The girl told me that she sees me as self-confident and secure, a calming presence that helps others feel relaxed. She said she wishes she could be like me. Then she told me some of her life story and how much she has gone through. All this would be humbling enough by itself- and it definitely was, reminding me to be grateful for the experiences I have.
But it was even more humbling because at the beginning of the semester, I viewed this classmate as someone I had nothing in common with and would probably not connect with at all. Granted, we do have very little in common-different backgrounds, different experiences, different worldviews- but that does not mean that we cannot connect. And we did connect.
I view it as a total God thing that we even got to the point that we had lunch together. And I've been reminded to never judge a person based on what you see on the outside. There is ALWAYS more to someone than meets the eye.
We may be on completely opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to politics, we may have completely differently sized worlds, we may have different accents and different hair colors, but we are both human and we both feel and hurt and can learn from each other.
It reminds me of something a friend of mine said one time, jokingly, "Hey, you have a face? WOW! me too! We should be friends!" As humorous as that may sound, there is so much truth in that. No matter what, we can always find something in common with someone else- even if on the surface the only thing we seem to have in common is that we both have faces.
i love this.
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