Sunday, November 21, 2010

Thoughts on Interacting with People from Other Nations

I recently wanted to share how interacting with others from different nations can help us develop a greater love and understanding for others we meet in our lives.   I recently had the opportunity to take a group of Chinese students I go to school with to Temple Square to help them learn more about the history of Utah's settlers and I got to learn more about their culture too, which is awesome.  Another such opportunity came when I talked with a member of the LDS Church from England as well back in August and we had some fun interacting with one another too.    From both of those experiences, I gained a greater appreciation of the different customs each person goes through in their lives, which means I get less prideful and more humbled knowing that a simple key to peace  in our time is to respect others and not be mean to anybody.  Such interactions open our hearts to learning more knowledge.   So, be a friend to someone from another nation, it's a great way to be less prideful.  I hope I can have some more blogs coming up soon.