World Peace

Kay from Musings
has been doing lovely posts of her world travels that moved me to ask her
"how would you say that travelling the world has enriched your life? Has it changed you in any significant/particular way that you've noticed?"

She had such a thoughtful answer, worth sharing and a reminder that understanding each other is the route to achieving World Peace:

"Has it enriched my life? Definitely! When we hear news from around the world it's a lot more real and you feel the pain acutely. When we read books or see movies, we can relate more to the words because we've been there.

Has it changed me? Yes! I think we've always tried to be open and kind to everbody we meet so I don't think we treat people differently. However, it's just a warm and beautiful feeling to know that everybody around the world is just like us. They have the same needs and wants. They love their families. They're curious about others and they want to be friends.

We were sitting in a very small Jordanian neighborhood eatery with a couple of Aussies, a Brit and another American and everybody around us were so friendly. They loved it that we were having a meal with them and enjoying their food. We couldn't understand their words but we understood their smiles."

I walked to church yesterday and we coincidentally sang "Let There Be Peace on Earth". They did a second collection for Haiti. My sister said that Bill Clinton is making it his life's work to rebuild Haiti, he is the U.N. special envoy to Haiti and even spent his honeymoon there.

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