Melting Pot

Angie unintentionally gave me this idea.  I told you she’s my muse!

  We’ve discussed the various types of folks and the many varied lifestyles of those that lay the claim to the righteous status of nudist or naturist.  We’ve tried to explain why we consider some to be true nudist/naturists (of different sorts) and why some simply use that venue for their own purposes.

But that term, melting pot.  I like that.  America is a melting pot of many diverse cultures, united in one common belief:  the American Dream.  The idea that with hard work and persistence we can succeed, and we  acknowledge that while we are not the same, we can accept the differences as long as we share a common goal.  An ideal perhaps, but a worthy one.

Most of us accept those differences, as nudists.  But many of us carry the old fear of anything ‘different’.  As if we nudists aren’t ‘different’!

Society fears us because we don’t think the same way they do.  Should we follow that example and fear those among us that think differently?

Gay nudists.  Lesbian nudists.  Swinger nudists.  Ugly nudists.  Tattooed nudists. Pierced.  Shaved.  Bi-nudists. Old nudists.  Nudists of color.  Single nudist men.   Exhibitionist nudists.   Have I missed any?  Fill in the blanks.

That which we all have in common is the sheer joy of the nudist/naturist lifestyle.  Some folks misbehave, and that removes them from the ‘true’ category.  But the rest?

Living their lives according to that which is real to them.  Different but, equal?

So let us celebrate our differences, try to learn tolerance for each other, embrace the differences.  Welcome and talk to that ‘different ‘person, learn something.  Share something.  Grow.  Don’t be afraid.  After all, we’ve been brave enough to get this far, right?

And in the process create a united front to put forth to the world.  Like the United States.  Separate entities, different cultures, united together to face the world.

A melting pot.  Where various different elements are mixed together to create something which is better than each individual component.  United we stand!

Thanks Angie!