I once read that a Rabbi said, “We are all created in God’s image; but each of us is unique and has something to contribute”.
That is part of the reason we all look differently. How boring would it be if everyone looked and acted exactly the same?
Jewish scholars love to sit and discuss the meaning behind what is written in The Torah and the Talmud. It is said that if you gather six Rabbis, you will get 10 different opinions. One of the biggest is the very first phrase:
b’-ray-SHEET ba-RA e-lo-HEEM AYT ha-sha-MA-yim v’-AYT ha-A-retz
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃
According to the Christian Bible it’s: In the beginning God Created…past tense. BUT wouldn’t things stay the same if God had just created the world and left?
In the Torah, it’s; in the beginning God began to Create.
The world like people change…daily!
As we age, we look differently…from a baby to a child, then a young adult and later an older adult…each uinque in our own way.
As we grow, we form our own self…each unique and different. Even twins develop their own form of self.
There are those who want to pass laws that will force others not to be themselves – to lose their uniqueness. We are who we are and no laws can change that. The trick is becoming the us that we can be.