Today – September 21 – is International Day of Peace, a date that the General Assembly of the United Nations has declared as a day “devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.” And never in the 43 years that I’ve been alive has the world more seemed to need a day dedicated to just that … for the whole world to stop, take a deep breath and just let each other be and give humanity the benefit of the doubt.
Isn’t that one of the chief reasons we travel? To make connections with people we would not have had a chance to otherwise and to experience firsthand the realization that as different as other people living elsewhere may seem from afar, they’re really a lot like you and me with the same basic motivations, hopes and concerns.
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