Citizen of the world

We have witnessed how in the past century our globe has contracted, with respect to our ability to reach, thanks to advances in telecommunication and transportation (electric technology). We are all inhabitants of the one and the same global village. The speed of information search, synthesis and transfer has made it amazingly easy to virtually transport oneself to different countries, cultures and languages in an instant. We have come to an age where no information seems impossible to obtain. 

Yeah, about the above paragraph, that was sort of the background for the theme I had in mind. But let me tell you what I really want you to know.

T and I have had the good fortune of being placed in different countries, during our growing and late years. Little did we know how that would impact us. Our journey thus far, has been very humbling to say the least. More than anything else, our intellectual understanding of "our differences" (referred to on a global scale) have been superseded by many undeniable truths that now abide within our hearts.

And they are....... we, people, are all one and the same, with the same needs and necessities, the same fears and frustrations, the same desires and delusions, the same pains and pleasures....end of the day we are all just human, with the same fallibilities. We are not superior or inferior to the other. We just have different appearances, speak different languages, hold on to different ways of life. Our invaders of yore, brought the division and distinction that has stuck for centuries in our mental construct. Let them have their credit for the sake of preserving history.

Point of the matter - if we are able to shed those conceptions of race, color, language, just for a moment, there is that unadultered and inexplicable liberation we experience, when we are embrace our differences .......and the feeling of empowerment that unity brings !......so hard to explain in words.....

But once that happens, it is indeed difficult to contain ourselves to our specific countries for suddenly our boundaries have become blurry......

We know in our hearts we are all one and stand united....in love, peace, harmony and brotherhood......

and at that precise moment, we've all become citizens of the same world !