The title is inspired by a quote by Dr. Seuss, you know the guy that wrote The Cat In The Hat, and Horton Hears a Who? It's one of my favorite quotes by him, because being a small individual, sometimes it may be hard to actually feel like a person when everything around you is so much bigger than you.
Being little definitely has its advantages, but sometimes being short is no walk in the park. Sometimes short people get a little overlooked because they are small, and because of their stature they don't quite hold as much power as the average person.
Every deserves respect whether you are big or small. It's just a fact of life. We are not born in this world to disrespect each other, and tear each other down. At least that's my opinion. The world is a so much better place when we work to build each other up instead of pushing people down to get a head in life.
Being short I get all of the short jokes that people can come up with. I totally understand using them, and tend to laugh at them the first time I hear them, but when 10 different people use the same exact short joke on me, it gets old fast. Think about it, if you were a short person, and most people you came in contact with had some sort of opinion on being short, would you want to keep listening to it? Short people aren't the only ones that end up with a book of jokes dedicated to them, anyone can fall into this cycle without really having to try.
Ginger, Shorty, Small fry, Giraffe, Shrimp, Walking Mountain, I could go on, but it would literally go forever with the different names that people use against each other, when there's really no need for it. Everyone is important, and has a purpose in life, even if it is not the same purpose in life as somebody else. Taylor Swift covers the topic in her song "Mean," when she tells the story of how the person that chose to be unkind to another person ended up nowhere in life, and the person that they picked on, became someone big in this world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYa1eI1hpDE
My Sophomore year in college I took a class known as Intro to Physical Education. No I am not an Phys. Ed major, but that class was well worth the time that I spent there. The teacher only teaches classes that aren't required by any major to take, so no one takes his class without an actual desire to be in it. That was his goal, and I think that's a good thing to have as a teacher. When people actually took the class, because they want to be there, everything in the class is so much better.
Everyday in that class is like a personal morale boost, because of the things that you learn in the class. Bob Trythall instructed the course and his goal was to help each student feel their potential in life. The first day and every day after, he told us that each person is a miracle, and that we can help people to feel that through the way we treat them. Our thoughts determine our actions, our actions determine our behaviors, and our behaviors determine our results. I have the paper that he gave us with all of his "life with Bob" advise on it taped to my wall in my room, and I love reading it, because it reminds me that even a small person like me can make a big difference in the world if I put my mind to it.
If we look for the positive things in other people instead of the flaws that we see people will be more willing to put in their best efforts in life. Whether you are vertically impaired, or the super tall person that basically has a spot always available on the NBA, everyone deserves to feel good about themselves and what they do in life. I say we all do our part to make that happen. It really doesn't take a lot. All it takes is a kind word, or a small act of kindness towards another person. Even if you don't think you can do anything that will make someone's day better, saying a friendly "hello" might just make somebody's day.
It really does work. I have a hipster Mickey Mouse T-shirt that I like to wear, but I never imagined that it would actually make a difference in somebody's day. A few weeks ago, I decided to stop at Subway for dinner on my way home from work, and the girl who was working asked if I was a student and I told her yes, then she told me she saw me on campus earlier that day, and said that when she saw my shirt, she said to herself "If Mickey can do it, then I can do it." It made her whole day better, and I wasn't even trying to do that. I just like the shirt.
Each of us can make a difference in someone's life even if we don't see it as much, you never know how much something can mean to somebody else. We all have a purpose in life, and we are all miracles, so let's go share it with the rest of the world.
#WeCanMakeADifference #LittleThingsEveryday #ShareASmile
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