Monday, February 2, 2009

East and West Comes Together


Today I have some new faces in my blog. I know some of them for quite long time. They are from China, Germany, New Zealand, Philippines and Spain.




When I was still in my country, I did not have any idea about people from the West as well as outside countries। I thought that they would be very hard to make friends and they would be totally different from us.


Today, I have found that we have a lot of the similarities too. One of the most basic similarities is friendship. They are quite easy to make friends as if we have been together for years. I mean we are not absolutely or totally different। we can be good friends.


Of course, when we say friendship, it will be different forms based upon how we grow up and where we come from. And so does functions of friendship such as the way we share, the feeling we have and response for this feeling. But the most important thing is that we have a common ground, friendship, which will bring together whether we are from the East or the West or the Oceania


Again, we also have the same signal which we commonly show the feeling toward friendship. This is smiling. Obviously, we can pretend and smile. But when we encounter our true selves with another, there is no secret, nor differences but sincerity. Actually sincerity comes in when true feeling gives birth as a certain reaction out of our true selves. Of course, it is very individualistic.

if we don't want to open our mind and embrace the reality, we can not sense this feeling and will be strangers how long we stay together in the same roof। But there, the sincerity dwells, then, we will be friends under the same sky.


I do believe if we can open to one another and embrace our similarities, we will never be strangers and we will never be different nor isolated from one another।


So, my friends, let's just open our mind and talk with whom we share the same calamities and the same challenges in the country. Whether we are belonging to the different ethnic groups or the different religions, we must have to be friends।


Surely we will have difficulties at first, but practice it constantly and adapt to it well. This will become part of our lives. Do learn how to trust people and enjoy time with them. We all are friends.