Cultures define us in a certain way, but we are one consciousness, that's what I've learned, we only use different language to learn the same concept. Laughter is the same, hate is the same. Animal language and thought is universal, for that reason I don't think it's something that defines you because you grew up in the USA.

With respect to the analysis in general I liked it very much, while reading I remembered just this, since in the Wottuja indigenous community, one of the things that does not exist is the word forgiveness, nor thanks, for what it means that they act forgetting the past.

That would be a very valuable practice to sustain ourselves only by giving energy to others.

Adiwa!