I sat down to enjoy some toasted buttered bagels today, and then remembered a wise saying instructed to me by an old friend…

Benny the Bull is one of Dora the Explorer's companions in the children's television series

“It’s round like a giant donut!”

- Benny the Bull, Dora the Explorer: The Pirate Play

Ok, so not so wise, not so old, and not so much my friend (I’ve practically memorized The Pirate Play from all the times my little sister’s watched it – it’ll drive you insane if you watch too much!). Benny wasn’t even talking about bagels in this instance, but that’s beside the point!

The point is… well, there isn’t a point really. Hang on, I’ll make one up.

Ahah! The point is that so often we associate appearances with character – style with substance. We identify objects and people by what they look like. For example:

• “That guy with the mohawk.”
• “That little red book.”
• “That round thing like a giant donut.”

Yet we know that a person is more than their looks. As much as we might recognize a person by certain physical features of them, we still see them as more than that - or should, at least. We should continue to work toward identifying a person by their heart (meaning their ‘core’), not by their face value, no pun intended. 

Well, that was a more meaningful message than I originally intended!

A bagel