As we continue staying home and staying healthy, we all have an opportunity to reflect on the many challenges in our world. I was raised in St. Louis. There was a lot of racial and cultural diversity. I was able to ride the metropolitan bus as a youngster, surrounded by people of all walks of life. I paid for my ride like they did. I got off at my right stop.
Later, when we moved into a small village, I was alarmed at the homogeneity of it. I became aware that I was colorblind and that my eyes now were experiencing a monochromatic world. Whenever I would encounter someone representing a different race, or different culture, I would nod to them like we used to on the bus.
What was your early experience of diversity? Can you open up to others who represent difference? Ki to Happiness sees the common thread uniting us all.