God Made No Mistakes.

"At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when he brought some people into being."

This statement was made by Friedrich Otto Hertz and I stumbled across it when I was looking for a tittle for this post. The quote struck me for a few reasons. Firstly it is no secret that I am a believer in God but even more so I am a believer that God has absolute and complete control over every tiny and enormous aspect of our lives. The quote backed me up in my already solid belief . All people are equal made and loved by God equally so who are we as mere men to decide that one race or nationality is inferior in any way shape or form. God made as all the way we are and mankind has the nerve to discriminate over such issues. That's why I liked the quote.
So I went looking for the quote because with most of my posts I have pre planned them and this time I planned to introduce to you two awesome people I met on road trip. These two guys were amazing people doing awesome stuff with their lives and I will value them as friends for years to come but the reason they are worthy of blogging is they helped me through an issue I have had in the back of my head for many years.
In my early high school years I had a small issue with racism and fortunately it never became a huge aspect of my life however I never found myself in a friendship with any one from a different race and always questioned myself as to weather I truly did rid myself of my racist streak.
Dilshan and Vishal are two guys from very visually different nationalities and I became good mates with both of them over Road trip. Looking back when I met both of these guys the colour of their skin and where they came from never raised an issue. I became friends with both these guys the same way I had befriended all my mates in the past. I guess a small amount of pride has come into play here, I am proud of who I have become come. I am proud that I gave these guys equal opportunity.
As for the complete uselessness of racism I am blessed to have met these two, they are truly brilliant guys and if racism stepped in it would have been me who lost out.
(top left: dilshan bottom right: Vishal with Robbie)