diversity

i absolutely love diversity, so i'm thankful that i've landed for a season in one of the most diverse places on the planet. i know, i know, we're supposed to say that we value and respect diversity because it shows our tolerance, but REALLY. i feel the rotation of the earth and a connection to world-ness when the kaleidoscope is turning around me. on the bus, on the street, in the shops, at the park. different colors of skin, different colors of language, different colors of teeth. so many shapes and sizes and expressions. all you mexican tamale vendors, all you pirates with eyepatches, all you gay men with your amazing jeans, all you pierced and dyed guitar toters, all you chinese food/donut shopkeepers, all you pimps with your lewd remarks, all you white, middle class southern gals - yes, all the little children of the world (!) - welcome and thank you for spinning in the color wheel around me. it gives the chaos some order and the order some chaos.