How to Stop yourself from Staring
"Oh My God, look at that girl. Her nose is larger than my fist." That was what my friend said when we happened to see a girl on our way to college today. Instinctively, I followed my friend's finger and saw a pre-pubertal child who stood by the entrance of a shopping complex. She had grotesque muscle in place of the nose; the flesh slumped down so much that it covered her upper lip. Eyes smaller than the standard size were pushed sidewards by the growing tissues of her nose. I wondered where her nostrils were, for I couldn't see how she was breathing. It was after I obtained these details that it hit me that I was staring at that little girl. I looked away, ashamed. It's human nature to stare at anything that looks abnormal to us. And if it's a person with facial disfigurement, we don't just stop there staring. We'll fling our mouth open, make an insensitive comment or nudge a friend to share the comfort we are reeling from making
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