Not much separates us.

I just finished reading the book, The Help, and it made me want to become a writer. I know I will never be a writer but it was an inspiring story of a girl who took a chance and risked her life on a controversial topic in hopes to fulfill her dreams and to be taken seriously. All the while making a difference in the town of Jackson, Mississippi. Miss Skeeter Phelan was a character who most women should look up to. I want to share my favorite part of the book, 

  "There is so much you don't know about a person. I wonder if I could've made her days a little bit easier, if I'd tried. If I'd treated her a little nicer. Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought."

This part stuck with me, and it is SO true. Be kind to others, we learn at an early age to treat others how we would want to be treated. It can be a difficult task for some at times, I am not saying I have never been mean or thought I could be a little nicer. Just because someone looks different than you, or makes less money than you, or has a different way of doing things, does not make them any less than you. The next time you say an unkind remark and I will do the same, remember that person is more like you than you think, "We are just two people. not that much separates us." I just wanted to share that. 

I have some photographs I took this week while I am clearing my head. If I do not become a writer maybe I can find something in photography ;)