Just a Face

We see strangers every single day.
We pass them by on the streets.
We run into them at the checkout register.
To us, they are nothing more than... just a face.
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One thing that amazes me is the fact that these people; some of them so seemingly average and insignificant- could be future world changers.
Some of them could be the faces on the television of tomorrow.
Others could be names on a ballot in a forthcoming election.

The problem with being human is the fact that we do not see anything besides... just a face.

We aren't able to go deeper.
To take a peek into their brilliant minds.
To understand the immense creativity within.

I think that every person has the potential for greatness.
Every person has brilliance inside of them.. somewhere... somehow.
But for us, they are still.. just a face.

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And behind these faces there is pain.
There is hurt.
There are shattered dreams and broken hearts.
But to us; they are nothing more than... just a face.

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Let me encourage you today with this thought:
Today- let's see these people as more than... just a face.
And instead, let's see them as actual human beings.
Real people.
Unique individuals.
With incredibly vast situations.
From different backgrounds.
Living out today's page in their story.

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This is my prayer today for each and every one of us:
God, break our heart for those that we come across today.
And help us not to neglect the needs, the cries, and the hurts of others.

And that is all-
I'm not going to give you a challenge.
I'm not going to give you practical advice.
I just want you to be open and aware of that fact that these people
are more than.. just a face.