Fruit salad : lesson on individuality and the beauty of diversity

 I love fruit salads!  Don't know about you * smiles *. The sweetness and several benefits of fruit have been known since antiquity. Quite a number of people all over the world like fruits just like me and consequently make fruit salads I guess.

So please imagine you are about to take your fruit salad ( with your desired fruits of course! ) . You have finished washing your fruits and may be cutting as desired  (all in preparation for getting it ready) . You then put your ready fruits onto a glass visible bowl. Hang on : please don't start eating yet * smiles * . Now,  before you start munching, please take a few seconds to actually look at the fruit salad.

What do you see? Different fruits right? Different colours and shapes too right? Okay, so you can now eat your fruit salad please. As you munch slowly, you begin to feel the sweetness I guess .

Now you see...albeit, the fruits are all different but it turned out well after all. That's how we all are in the world and I could be right to suggest that the world is like a fruit salad perhaps. Different people, different races, different ethnic groups and different individuals most of all! The apple for example didn't say : ooh, I don't like the way the cucumber is shaped. May be the cucumber should have been a little bit rounder...it sounds ridiculous I guess.

Again, irrespective of how different the fruits are, they bring different tastes to the whole mixture. So it is with us as individuals. Different orientation, different view points, different cultures and so on. Understanding people remains a key to human relationships. And yes, just may be, it is our difference, that makes us really interesting. It is that special ingredient that we possess and bring to the board * smiles *.

However, unlike fruits , humans have an immerse ability to develop and always become better. We can always become better individuals in all aspects of our life remember? Yes, you can become a better husband , better dad, better friend , better sister, better ...better...better !

I had the chance to partake in the first diversity day organised by my university. I was amazed at how different cultures around the world are. I especially enjoyed the dance, food and fashion of different countries. I learnt about the crops grown and economic prowess of these nations. It was eye opening! I was amazed! Diversity is indeed beautiful ... you just got to love it please * smiles *

Finally, I close with this : “We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.” — Catherine Pulsifer and “We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.”— Max de Pree

Let us go out there and become better even as we own our individual differences and keep an open mind to what other people are bringing to the table. Remember to send in your stories at mygpland@gmail.com. Please drop your comments, share and subscribe to the blog please. Have a great day ahead!