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HOW often don't we judge people only by appearance and persecute them for being different to what we're used to?

I mean when you really think about it all, who made us the officiating authority on who or what people should be anyway. Especially when one considers that most of the general population probably in some way or the other way remains unsure about their exact role in this world.

If you ask me, the topic's been done to death but the message never really gets old.

When I was young for instance and I think that the same could be said for many people. My frame of mind was such that I believed everything out of my own box was really dodgy and to be frowned upon.

Let's face it. We?re reared a certain way, and these beliefs stick up to a point without question.

That is until we rebel and form our own opinions and views of our world, which mind you, for some of us ends up not being very different to what we were taught by our parents in the first place.. So you'd think that by the time we reach adulthood we would?ve learnt enough about life, to have shaken off tendencies we'd have been forgiven to have fallen prey to back in high school.

But the mere fact that some shy away from people who go against the grain and do not necessarily "fit into" any one of society's acceptable boxes are ostracized is proof enough that to a large extent still needs to grow up.

Third Degree ran a story not too long ago about a young woman who due to a specific medical condition picked up more weight in one year for instance than most people would gain in ten.

From the thirty minute intimate view of her life that the camera's managed to capture, it became clear that this seemingly soft-natured teen had a heart of gold.

What really got to me though was the sadness in her eyes when she talked about her battle with having to come to terms with what carrying all that weight around would mean for the quality of her life.

I attempted to imagine all of the relationships she would have missed out on because of people's misconceptions of her. Being a sheep, a replica of something else is a tragedy. Because it implies that you're not living up to what you've really been put on earth to offer.

Truth be told there's nothing better in this world than having diversity. It's been proven in the whole new South Africa versus the old South Africa profile. Life would definitly prove to be so much more interesting with so many more possiblities open to us all on so many levels.

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