Different Environments

People come from different backgrounds, cultures and have dealt with certain experiences which make us all unique in our own way.  I have a handicapped neighbor that has very different experiences than I do.  She has daily struggles everyday that I can imagine, but never really know what its like.  We come from different "environments" but still can communicate in a way that we understand a respect each other.  Sarah is young and inexperienced in life, but yet looks up to me.  Even with our different environments and lifestyles we still have a lot of things in common and interests we share.  She comes over everyday after school until her mother gets home from work.  We go on walks, make things out of crafts and have many laughs together.  During this course I can relate to one of the core competencies we discussed being, "Behavior Flexibility".  Behavior flexibility means that you can determine the appropriate communication in different settings and with different people.  For example, I would not discuss the same things I would with my friends, that I would with Sarah.  There for I am also able to adapt to different environments with different people, which makes me versatile in my communication skills.