Comments on: One of the Greatest Things that Immigration and Travel Teach You http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/ African's personal development blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:32:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: One Thing We MUST Begin Doing NOW As African Immigrants - The Displaced African http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3386 One Thing We MUST Begin Doing NOW As African Immigrants - The Displaced African Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:36:22 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3386 [...] the alternative better or shorter way.  Where there were other holes in one view of the world, someone else covered them up. How much shorter would their learning curve [...] [...] the alternative better or shorter way.  Where there were other holes in one view of the world, someone else covered them up. How much shorter would their learning curve [...]

]]> By: Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 Mwangi Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3383 @gal africana: I like that metaphor :) . I think definitely accepting flaws, ambiguity and personal responsibility for our perception of the world are so crucial to success and fulfillment. @gal africana: I like that metaphor :) . I think definitely accepting flaws, ambiguity and personal responsibility for our perception of the world are so crucial to success and fulfillment.

]]> By: Gal africana http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 Gal africana Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:47:21 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3382 "Though we rarely are brave enough to admit it in public, in our heart of hearts, all of us know that as many flaws as we can point out in the other person’s perception of the world, there are probably as many holes in ours." I find this to be more than probable, I find it to be true. Admitting this is the beginning of true learning :-) The world we perceive is after all a mirror image of ourselves. I recently read something that made me stop and smile...that is...since the world reflects our inner state back to us, if we smile...it smiles back...If we fight...guess what? the image fights back. Very cool! “Though we rarely are brave enough to admit it in public, in our heart of hearts, all of us know that as many flaws as we can point out in the other person’s perception of the world, there are probably as many holes in ours.”

I find this to be more than probable, I find it to be true. Admitting this is the beginning of true learning :-) The world we perceive is after all a mirror image of ourselves. I recently read something that made me stop and smile…that is…since the world reflects our inner state back to us, if we smile…it smiles back…If we fight…guess what? the image fights back. Very cool!

]]> By: Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3384 Mwangi Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:55:11 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3384 @kenyanobserver: Please refer to the comment above and glad it resonated with you too. @kenyanobserver: Please refer to the comment above and glad it resonated with you too.

]]> By: Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Mwangi Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:34:28 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3385 @Caustic Blonde: Oh no :( It's happening, people are beginning to stop by and leave the comment, "Great job!" or "That's fantastic!"......NOOOOOOO! Lol Thank you very much. Glad it resonated with you. Now the only question is how we will practically apply this in our lives. I think Western culture is a great example of how this has been done e.g. the way things like sushi and Japanese work ethics have been adopted in the US. Apparently the way that cotton is spun, was taken from techniques used in India and so on and so on and so on........ @Caustic Blonde: Oh no :( It’s happening, people are beginning to stop by and leave the comment, “Great job!” or “That’s fantastic!”……NOOOOOOO! Lol

Thank you very much. Glad it resonated with you. Now the only question is how we will practically apply this in our lives. I think Western culture is a great example of how this has been done e.g. the way things like sushi and Japanese work ethics have been adopted in the US. Apparently the way that cotton is spun, was taken from techniques used in India and so on and so on and so on……..

]]> By: kenyanobserver http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3381 kenyanobserver Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:06:02 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3381 Very well put. Very well put.

]]> By: Caustic Blonde http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/08/one-of-the-greatest-things-that-immigration-and-travel-teach-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 Caustic Blonde Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:41:30 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=948#comment-3380 This is all very true. :) This is all very true. :)

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