This is my sister voguing in the hot, humid and buggy jungle in Belize. Yes, that's right, with a smile, a pose and more humor than I can muster...well...ever! We took a vacation together this summer, our first one with just the two of us. We have no other siblings and as time goes on, we just grow closer. What I appreciated most about the time we had together was the ease in which we could simply be in each other's midst. There is enough understanding of what our history is, what we think, what we believe and what we dream that there is a built-in basis for our relationship. I started thinking about this and wondered why it should be so different for people who have never known each other. Don't most people crave basically the same things??? Acceptance, love, respect, trust...why is it so tragically hard to recognize these needs in everyone we encounter no matter how differently they live, look and act. We say, "I can't talk to people I don't know because I don't know them" Huh? Fix that! We have to take a quick stock of how we as humans beings enjoy being treated and then mirror that. Now, if only I could mirror my sister and vogue like that!
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