Reflection

Looking back upon the articles I have done, I am immediately drawn to the Butterfly Circus. One of the things that bothers me most in more ways than none is the fact that prejudice is raging rampant on our socient under the observations of the common man. People as a whole are quick to judge and even quicker to blame people who are different. In the Butterfly Circus, the main character is rendered useless due to his lack of limbs. Wildly underestimated and misunderstood, he defys everything thrown against him. I'm not going to tell anyone that it is bad to have an opinion about someone else, but I do believe that mankind is much to quick to call another person "the bad guy," or render someone incapable. Everything that we do is for ourselves and that is something that I would love to change.



Wouldn't it be wonderful

if the world could just live a little?

We are a diverse people and looking at my articles has been interesting. I have found that we judge people who are different and blame their lifestyles for trajedies of the present, when perhaps it just has to do with the instability of the patron, or we blame mothers for making choices for their children. We call a man with no arms or legs incapable because he was born different, or we blame obesity on the world around us instead of standing up on our own two legs and walking a bit.

I am finding a common ground within my interests and I think it is because I have dealt with being the person being judged and I have been the judge of others. I know this all too well. The real question is this; our dealings with prejudice are many but what affects us as human beings? What makes an impact to us emotionally, physically, spiritually? These topics speak to me because I have been there and I know what it is like to be on both sides of this debate. I know what kind of hurt you can have because you are thought to be something that you are not, or when you believe that you are someone or something that you are not. Until that changes, here we are stuck, between the rushing river and a mountain.