Do I Look Familiar?

What if we all looked the same?

No, I don’t mean everyone would be the same gender. Shoot, we'd still need at least TWO genders in this world.

But what if all women looked exactly alike, and all the men as well?

What kind of world would that be?

I’m talking about a world in which people would all have the same hair and eye color. Men and women who have exactly the same bodies — according to their gender — and be the same height and weight and girth, etc., etc.

And let's say those male and female bodies were terrific -- real spectacular specimens. Flawless in every detail.

We’d walk down the street, and every woman or man would look exactly like us. Nothing to get judgmental or racist about.

But how disorienting would that be?

I’m thinking: A lot.

“Hey Bob! Is that you? I mean, you kinda look really familiar....Uh, it's me, uh, Steve, er, I think..."

Yes, it would be disorienting because -- to a large extent -- it’s our physical differences that make Life interesting.

It’s our physical differences that make us look across a room and think: “Hmmm, that gal/guy is like no one else I’ve ever seen. I wonder if they’re single…”

Most humans aren't searching for someone who looks exactly like them. And we see it so often: A short woman paired with a tall man, and vice versa. Straight hair paired with kinky hair. Fat and skinny, attractive and not-so-much.

There are so many of these potential combinations, and sooner or later we get even more interesting offspring from these pairings.

And the human species just keeps on evolving.

Still, I sometimes overhear people say, "Why is this person with that person -- who looks totally different. Why can’t people just stay in their own herd?"

That’s silly, of course.

People — thinking people — know that it’s not skin color or eye color or hairstyle or fitness or fatness that attracts people to one another.

It’s what’s inside a person’s heart and mind that should be the real, long-lasting, spiritual attraction and bond -- not what they look like.

Yes, a case can be made for falling hard for Mister or Miss America. But looks always fade. Character and caring about the world usually doesn’t.

So even if by some crazy, unlikely chance humans suddenly began growing up and looking exactly alike, I believe we’d still find ways to express our individuality.

Diversity -- It's what makes this world go 'round.