in reality.

I just wanted to share with you guys something that really got to me. I'm watching t.v right now and this show called "If You Really Knew Me" is on. I'm sitting here wanting to cry about some of the things they're talking about. For those of you who don't know what this show is, its basically a large group of teenagers and adults that are judged based on how they act, what they like etc. and how there are so many things about them no one can see on the outside. They basically go through a group session where they share secret things about their lives that are pretty intense and really upsetting. They get to learn how alike they really are and to respect each other. Anyways, this show is amazing. I honestly wish everyone could do this. If everyone could share things like that or really take the time to know someone and what they go through.. I can't even begin to explain how huge that is. People have no idea what others go through. They pick on them and judge them and label them. In the show, they do this line activity where they all stand on one side of the line and the lady calls out labels or experiences. If they have felt that way, or experienced it, they cross the line. I'm sure some of you have seen this done before. But while they were doing it, it made them realize just how much some of them have been through and never knew. How much they separate themselves from others because they think they're nothing alike, when really they've experienced a lot of the same things, or the same feelings. I just think this show is amazing. I would like to see this happen all over the world. We are all equal, there shouldn't be judgment or cruelty based on what you don't understand & your differences. Its moving to see "walls" knocked down and people really getting to know eachother. Because under every tough skin or quiet person, there's a whole different story. I hope to see the day where there are no labels and rudeness. This show just had these four teenagers who would never have hung out before, hanging out. The activities they did brought them together with people they thought to be completely different. If anybody reads this, work on this. Seriously, you have no idea how important this is. Or how the people that you judged, really are.

-Kelso.