During my recent trip to Namibia and specifically a Himba Village, I was struck by how similar we as human beings all are, even though we live in different cultures and many thousands of miles apart. In this photo I am making new friends with 2 young Himba boys who are very interested in my camera. They were most interested in pushing all the buttons, and changing the image on the monitor. They especially liked the photos of themselves.
I then realized how their behavior was the same as my grandson who is about the same age. He is forever fascinated by buttons and levers and anything that needs pushing or pulling to make it go or change something.
The only conclusion I can draw from this and other examples is that when you strip away the color, creed, religion or political affiliations that we are all the same. We just express ourselves in a different format or skin color and language, but we are just people. If we can throw away our prejudices and illusions when we look at or "judge" other people we will find that we are just "looking" at ourselves. I think I will use a new affirmation for myself:
" For today and just for today I will see the god in all people and cast aside my illusions and prejudice"
I will try and say this every day, and my goal will be success one day at a time. Care to join me?
Live well and prosper
Dennis
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