Differently the Same

Yesterday, I finished two books and watched the movie, Wonder. I love it. Like many of us, Auggie had experienced life gone astray. His dilemma with his issue was a birth defect.

Auggie has over a dozen operations in an attempt to make him “normal,” but they have failed. He is left with a disfigured face and a life of looking different. People don’t know what to say to him. They often call him cruel names once they get past their curiosity and astonishment of this freak of nature.

Living a life of being ostracized when he only wants to fit in, Auggie deals with fake friends, stares, profiling, and general disappointment. Does any of this sound familiar? Pain is pain. May we find the fortified life that has become the best “me” possible. I wish you a great bounce-back when let down and disappointed. When put down, may your self-confidence soar.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard. Rough diamonds are sometimes mistaken for worthless pebbles. Thomas Browne. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin. Simplysaidbysimon, words do hurt, but words can also lift and help sooth the brokenhearted with ALS – A Loving Spirit.