October 19, 2006

Seeing Other People

"I love my country...but I think we should start seeing other people."
I saw this quote on the back of a Colorado-tagged car last week and it cracked me up. I even took a picture of it so I could get it right when I tried to remember it. I couldn't read the very fine print at the bottom citing its source, but it reminds me of something Peace Corps would say. There is so much value in understanding other cultures and finding out what it means to really be human in a global sense that this quote really hit home for me. We might think we understand what it is to be human and how we should act in the world, but honestly I think we have to start seeing other people to make that a reality.