Today's challenge is to not categorize others. I had a really cool experience putting this into practice. I was in one of my classes and the professor, as always, invited a student to come forward and start the class with a prayer.
The student that said the prayer was tall, stockily built, and darker skinned. Immediately I began wondering what ethnicity he was. Was he half Black, Hispanic, Indian? I wasn't really paying attention to the prayer. I quickly realized that it didn't matter. I was categorizing! I'm so glad I caught myself! I stopped thinking about what his appearance might mean about him, and I began to listen to his prayer. It was a very good prayer and I was glad I was able to focus on what was more important.
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