Everybody Counts

I worked at our town's annual Diversity Breakfast last week. Each year, school children write poems about diversity and these are included in the event's program. The following is by 4th grader, Zayd Alrawi.

I think everybody should count

It doesn't matter if your skin color is black, brown, or tan

It doesn't matter if you have a broken arm or a missing limb

It doesn't matter if you're short, tall, fat, or skinny

All that matters is that everybody is treated equally

If you have a good heart

This means you share and care about others

Have kind feelings towards others

That's what matters

To live peacefully

We have to accept everybody's difference and forgive each other

That's what matters

Amen. On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I pray that people will see others for what's inside them. I hope all people will come to appreciate diversity and how beautiful it makes our world.