Built Different

Listen to this lesson:
Some are just
Built Different.

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So there really is no reason
to look at them and judge.

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And assume that all these people
are "normal" just like you
So they must act the way you do

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Let’s take a moment to pause…

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Let’s say: 
you've ever looked at someone
sitting in the reserved seat —
on buses and MRTs —
and thought they look fine
(at least on the outside)

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Just take a moment to pause…

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And think of how some people 
are just Built Different
they may suffer in ways
that you simply don't
like when their blood —
its sugar levels are too high or low
— it's lonely enough for them, trying to cope
and having to explain themselves a lot
settles weariness through their bones.  

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And if you feel concerned for them —
still, that’s not an invite
for you to throw them a pity party
with unsolicited advice.
Sometimes it's enough to simply be 
there to keep them company
to co-exist, honoring their feelings and stories
so their pain starts to ease
like lanterns in the night.

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Even as the body undoes itself,
may this light be gathered into a community.
We don’t have to understand each other perfectly.
But those old ways and assumptions that distance us,
it’s time to let them go……

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Perhaps together we can realize
a world that’s Built Different.