Never Judge A Book By It's Cover!

Hello all! So I know it's been a day.. Shame on me! But as I mentioned in my previous post I am having some issues with my blackberry and that just kills everything.. I think I should do another post dedicated to 'How we would never survive without the internet' I am pretty sure the world would just .... 

Anyway, the title of my new post today is.. 'Never Judge A Book By It's Cover' a common phrase thrown about but I wonder how many of us actually apply it to our lives. You are probably thinking why I am dedicating a whole post to this actual subject, but It is because we all go about our lives making judgements about people we really do not know and understand.

For me, I get judged all the time because I wear a Hijab (A covering on the head) and have had a few incidents where luckily I have manged to look at the 'funny' side of things. However, I know ALOT of women who actually have been harassed in public because of it. To be honest I don't really want to go into a long, complicated and repetitive topic about the issue of headscarves. The point I really want to make is, and this is more to people who make judgements upon seeing a woman who wears one. I speak on behalf of many women in saying we made our own choices in wearing a hijab because for us it is a symbol of who we are. I feel It is a part of my identity, and so when people criticize women like me, by saying we are 'oppressed' or have 'no dignity' because we are not allowed to wear what we want. I have some pretty shocking news for you...Well, we WANT to wear the hijab. 

Personally, I feel it is of no business to anyone what I choose to wear in my life but I live by a code of values and made an informed choice at the age of 19 that I wanted to wear a hijab. Not a day has gone by where I have thought this has stopped me living life.. In fact, I am still living MY life and a very happy one at that.

To end, this post really applies to everything and everyone. It works both ways and in every situation.

Never judge a person because of their colour, lifestyle and where they come from. At the end of the day who are WE to judge. 

The world would be a much better place if we would just respect one and another and maybe just keep our 'thoughts' to ourselves. 

Until next time dear friends x

P.S Hope everybody is enjoying the heat, I am certainly NOT :-)