Were the Same but different

Remember the last time you realized that you were the same or different from one of your friends? Hopefully you were happy that you were unique. Everyone has a varied perspective or viewpoint that helps make us think about things in different ways.

Being different from one another is a good thing! If we were all the same, the whole would be a boring place to live. We should embrace differences in people and strive to learn about others.

Every character in The View from Saturday has something that makes them unique or different. Mrs. Olinski suffered an accident that resulted in her becoming a paraplegic. Julian is from India and grew up on a cruise ship. Nadia has red hair and when the sun shines on it, the light forms a halo on it. Ethan is so engrossed in the theater and wishes to avoid living in his brother's shadow. Noah knows random facts about everything! Since our differences are so interesting it is important to appreciate what we know about each other. We may find out that we are not so different after all.


In pop culture, there is a theory that every actor can be linked up to actor Kevin Bacon, through a connection with 6 people. Similar theories have been applied to online culture as well. Try this experiement. If you have a facebook or other networking website, pick one of your friends. From your page, go to your friends list and try to link up to the friend you picked by clicking on other friends profiles and seeing if they know or are friends with the friend you selected. You should be able to link up to your friend within 6 people. This goes to prove that we all have an link to others lives whether we expect to or not.

Six Degrees and how does it work

So what does that mean? In the story the great debate is tired and true...which came first the chicken or the egg? Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian ended up becoming "The Souls" but the question is were they "The Souls" because they were friends or because they were then chosen for a team. Before they even knew they would be competing together they became friends.

Ponder this, do we chose our friends? or do our friends choose us? How does our proximity to each other affect who we know? Why does it matter?...

Respond to this post with your thoughts and feelings :)