Same vs. Different

As humans, we are all 99% similar genetically.

And if you think about it, we are pretty similar. We all (with rare exception) walk upright on two legs. We have two feet, two hands, ten toes, and ten fingers. We have two eyes, two ears, a mouth, a chin, a nose, and two lips. We have hair. We are somewhere around 5 to 6 feet tall. We can see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. We sing, laugh, speak, and cry. We think, feel, wonder, and hurt.

And yet, we're incredibly different. That 1%- or less- gives us hair that's straight, wavy, or curly, thick or thin, in shades ranging from the lightest blonde to darkest black, with some of us choosing to dye it blue, pink, or purple. We are 4'9 and 6'10; some of us shorter, some of us taller, and many of us in between. We are curvy, thin, and athletic. We have eyes that are bright blue, pale gray, dark brown, light green, and any and every shade in between. Some of us are dancers; some are singers, writers, athletes, musicians, scientists, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and nurses. Some of us excel in school- language, writing, reading, math, history, science- while others are better at sports, art, dancing, or music, and still others are good at helping people. Some of us spend hours every day watching TV and reading magazines, but others avoid "technology" like the plague. Some are messy, others are neat freaks. Some are religious, some only go to church/temple/masque on holidays, and some are loud-and-proud atheists.

We all like different things. Different things are important to different people, and everyone has their own ideas of what's right and wrong. People are interested in all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons.

We're pretty unique, but in the end, we're 99% the same.