Differences build up walls between people, whether it be because of racism, stereotypes, or different views on religion, culture, or sense of style.

We are all people created equally, no matter what anyone thinks.

If you watch the news, there is always someone pointing a finger at someone else because of what they said, did, thought, or look like.

So what if someone is different?

Aren’t we all raised to have our own opinions?

I don’t understand why the world surrounding us picks and chooses things based on race, gender, sexuality, or religion.

By no means are we all colorblind, but why should it even matter if we all are equal anyway?

It seems that no one can think for themselves these days, whether that be for good or for bad.

We are all raised a certain way by our families, and we are expected to eat, sleep, and breathe what we were taught.

If we diversify and we go on to believe our own beliefs and live our own lives, we are scolded by our families for straying from their teachings.

But if we stick with those beliefs that we were raised believing, we are closed-minded and accused of not being our own people.

If we go on like this we are looking at a world even worse than we know it to be.

Our generation is the future of our world, and we are the models for the generations to come.

We need to come together and love each other unconditionally, whether you are enemies with the person sitting next to you or not.

The children we bear in the future need to be raised right and taught the proper way to treat others. We need to teach them not to stare at others in public or point fingers at those who are different from them but to embrace them and call them a friend.

We shouldn’t pass others in the grocery store and scowl at their tattoos and piercings, their hair or the color of their skin, their significant other, or any other multitude of things. When you do that you put up a wall between you and that other person. A windowless, gray wall that is keeping you from seeing into their life and possibly how good of a person they could be.

They may have been the nicest person you could ever meet or a possible lifelong best friend.

In order to eliminate this, we need to treat each other with respect.

Instead of walking past, pick up the books of the boy who trips in the hallway, pick a day to sit at the lunch table of the girl who sits alone, or stick up for the bullied student when he or she is feeling down.

Just don’t be the one who puts them down and makes them feel worse than they already do because you might need their help some day.

Think before you act or judge because the way you view the world will reflect on others.