LAST FRIDAY..?

We did a class around judging and value judgemments?
As part of it we did a bit of role-play - for that morning only we took on a character!
The purpose was to put "ourselves in their shoes" kinda thing! Well it had interesting results..
We are a large class and we all had a character with a conditiion of some sort,so you can just imagine it....
I was a '17 yr old with no hearing' so for the morning i had my fingers stuck in my ears and couldnt hear a thing! Others were maybe blind, phusically impaired etc.
For me apart from hearing next to nothing, it did help extrodinarily with my perspective!
Even for someone who used to suffer with a hearing problem in the past and thought i would be a better person than any to understand...i didnt know the half of it!! In that morining even though i was familiar with the people and my surroundings i had felt so vulnerable, insecure, isolated, depressed, confused, i could go on!! And i am sorry to say i was thankful it was only for that morning...sad to say i was relieved...but for those who do suffer in reality...it.s permanent...it doesnt stop...these feelings aren't just for a time..they dont go away! SO it's us that has the part to play...its our response to them that counts!