The beauty in the world
I'm really bad at writing here at the moment, I know. Sorry :P I won't say that I'll get better though, cause I probably won't. Like right now I so should be studying. Realised that I have about 140 pages to read for tomorrow :P
However, I realised something else while sitting here and looking out my window. I have this amazing view of a tree and pretty much nothing else. In other words, the view is not that great. It is a window though so I won't complain. Which is where today's 'topic' comes in. This blog is called 'Beauty and Destruction', and therefore I feel it's high time to write about the beauty in the world. Rather than always writing about how much the world sucks. Which I tend to do a lot. There is so much that can be done, by all of us. BUT! In many instances, the world is very beautiful. And I'm realsing that more and more while being here in Mexico and living the international experience. Places are beautiful, and so are people. And people are good. They are genuinly good. There are some out there that in my opinion can go and hide in a cave. I won't mention any names, but I guess we all know one of those famous 'cave men' of our own time. There are so many prejudices out there, and I am the first to admit to my own. I do believe though that there is a difference between having prejudices and judging people according to them, or to have them and knowing that they are prejudices and being aware of the fact that they most often aren't true. Atleast not for everyone. Here in Mexico we are about 150 exchange students, and mostly we're representing northern and western Europe, Australia and North America (both the US and Canada). There are a few Chinese students, and then a few from other distant places. What this means is that we're one wonderful bundle of different nationalities. Reminds me of my years in Malta where we were 180 students at my school from 43 nationalities. What I have realised is how good people are. Everyone. The British. The Germans. The Finish. The Danish. The Americans. The Canadians. Yes, we're different. I don't see why we shouldn't or wouldn't want to be different. We are from different countries, different cultures. But at the same time we are all the same. I know this is not some big revelation and you all have probably already figured this out. So have I for your information, it's just that sometime it hits you a bit harder. Like now. It's something beautiful about sitting in a restaurant and when (if) being asked where you're from the answer is: "The US." "Sweden" "Norway" "Germany" "Canada" etc.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that we get along so well despite being from different cultures. Of course we clash sometimes, about certain issues. But nothing that we can't accept or just agree to disagree on. We don't start a war just because we're different. Because people are good. That's our nature. Screw Hobbes and his theories about human nature being selfish and evil. We're not. We're good, and we get along. The problem is that in every playground there's a bully. And the world is one big playground. In today's society the states have taken on the roles of the playground. Certain states are the neutral ones, some are the mediators, some are the bullies. You can decide which is which by yourself. What we have to remember though, the key to all of this, is that the states don't run the world. We do. As the famous song goes We are the world, we are the people. We get along so well on this level, why can't we get along on an international level as well?
The world is just one big bundle of fascinating cultures and nationalities. They should do what we do. Get along. Because when we do, the world is truly a beautiful place where anything is possible. Anything in the positive sense.
However, I realised something else while sitting here and looking out my window. I have this amazing view of a tree and pretty much nothing else. In other words, the view is not that great. It is a window though so I won't complain. Which is where today's 'topic' comes in. This blog is called 'Beauty and Destruction', and therefore I feel it's high time to write about the beauty in the world. Rather than always writing about how much the world sucks. Which I tend to do a lot. There is so much that can be done, by all of us. BUT! In many instances, the world is very beautiful. And I'm realsing that more and more while being here in Mexico and living the international experience. Places are beautiful, and so are people. And people are good. They are genuinly good. There are some out there that in my opinion can go and hide in a cave. I won't mention any names, but I guess we all know one of those famous 'cave men' of our own time. There are so many prejudices out there, and I am the first to admit to my own. I do believe though that there is a difference between having prejudices and judging people according to them, or to have them and knowing that they are prejudices and being aware of the fact that they most often aren't true. Atleast not for everyone. Here in Mexico we are about 150 exchange students, and mostly we're representing northern and western Europe, Australia and North America (both the US and Canada). There are a few Chinese students, and then a few from other distant places. What this means is that we're one wonderful bundle of different nationalities. Reminds me of my years in Malta where we were 180 students at my school from 43 nationalities. What I have realised is how good people are. Everyone. The British. The Germans. The Finish. The Danish. The Americans. The Canadians. Yes, we're different. I don't see why we shouldn't or wouldn't want to be different. We are from different countries, different cultures. But at the same time we are all the same. I know this is not some big revelation and you all have probably already figured this out. So have I for your information, it's just that sometime it hits you a bit harder. Like now. It's something beautiful about sitting in a restaurant and when (if) being asked where you're from the answer is: "The US." "Sweden" "Norway" "Germany" "Canada" etc.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that we get along so well despite being from different cultures. Of course we clash sometimes, about certain issues. But nothing that we can't accept or just agree to disagree on. We don't start a war just because we're different. Because people are good. That's our nature. Screw Hobbes and his theories about human nature being selfish and evil. We're not. We're good, and we get along. The problem is that in every playground there's a bully. And the world is one big playground. In today's society the states have taken on the roles of the playground. Certain states are the neutral ones, some are the mediators, some are the bullies. You can decide which is which by yourself. What we have to remember though, the key to all of this, is that the states don't run the world. We do. As the famous song goes We are the world, we are the people. We get along so well on this level, why can't we get along on an international level as well?
The world is just one big bundle of fascinating cultures and nationalities. They should do what we do. Get along. Because when we do, the world is truly a beautiful place where anything is possible. Anything in the positive sense.
