I wonder if you can hear that, but a giant jet just flew over our house. But when I lived in Egypt, obviously I didn't look Egyptian, OK. When I lived in other places, obviously,y I was an American until I figured out how not to look obviously like an American.
But when I would speak, you know, even though. I can kinda get by in most of the languages a little, you know, you know, I can order food and get a taxi and get back, but not, not really. You stand out. Right. And so when you stand out, that's either good or bad.
You can take it for good, or you can take it as a negative. But the best way to think of it is. When I am who I truly am, I don't have to hide anything. I don't have to remember anything. I don't have to. Filter what I say. I can just be my gracious best self all the time. And if you can, if you can be the same online as in person, when you can talk the same way as you write, which is difficult because we always write better than. When we talk, let's just be honest, because I don't use proper grammar all the time when I speak, or I sound like I wouldn't sound relatable.
How about that? My mother was a grammar English teacher, and my grandmother was a grammar English teacher who spoke to me mostly in Norwegian. Perfect grammar in Norwegian? How about that? It's challenging to relate to people when you are different from them, but it's not impossible.
And the digital side of it bridges the gap, right? If somebody when they Google your name now I for good or bad, I have a unique name. So you're gonna find me.