My second post in English
Immigrating to any country is not an easy task, between learning new languages, cultures, traditions, time zones, new food, new streets, new friends, new music and stop counting the number of new things that we learn. Using a bit of technology slang, we give an F5 (update / refresh) to your life. A few minutes ago, I was watching a video of Kenji Yokoi about the difference between honesty and integrity and despite of watching it again and again and again every day I discover new things in only 10 or 15 minutes of the video. It is very interesting to see the cultural parallelism between Japanese and Latinos and the way of seeing the world of a person who shares both visions and even more interesting is to see the difference of realities that we can face with just traveling a few kilometers.
Our planet is becoming smaller, not because it is shrinking it but because of globalization and how the internet allows us to travel from Japan to Mexico with just one click. However, travel by tourism or business and travel to live in another country change things a lot. Remember that it is a forced transition but you learn both good and bad things. Nevertheless, we have to be humble and accept all the suggestions people give us. We must remember and recognize that we are not in our country, it does not mean that we can abuse our immigrant luck. All cultures have their particularities and as the locals are tolerant with you, you have to learn back how to be tolerant with the people who receive you in the country you are living. It is important to remember that we all live on the same planet.
Our planet is a wonderful place. All the people and cultures that are living, share or have more things in common than those that differentiate us. It does not matter if we speak different languages or if our dress is not the same. We have to remember that despite of our differences we can all smile together. Let us love our differences and even more, let us love our similarities. I firmly believe that our most powerful borders are the mental ones. Something that the Boy Scouts, being part of Rotary International and other non-governmental organizations has taught me is that I have family all over the world and every time I arrive in any country, even if it is for hours they receive me as if they knew me all my life. Our humility is the secret, we need to be humbler and help each other. Remember that we share our house with more than 5 billion people.