Go, Live and Become
The original title above
refers to a French-Israelian film made in 2005 by Radu Milhaileanu: one which
explores what happens when a child is told by his mother to leave her and pass
himself off as an orphan and of another religion. He not only loses his
familial past, but also his cultural past. Of course, the mother did this as
she wanted a better life for her son than one in a refugee camp.
However, in the case of those
who choose to travel, to explore other cultures, perhaps the opposite is true.
Perhaps these people (several of my ancestors, myself) need to go, to live and
to become and can only do so by experiencing other lands, other cultures.
Chosen, it becomes a
valuable, growing experience, one that allows us to effectively become the
person that perhaps we were meant to be.
If nothing else if we all did
this for a period in our lives, wars and hatred of others based upon erroneous
beliefs would be a thing of the past. I am not saying that there would be no
more wars (although I firmly believe that there would be many less), but at
least one would be basing that war on a personal belief and not just what
“someone” else decided.
It is difficult to maintain a
distance, a hatred or a belief about someone, or some other way of living when
you actually take the time to experience it. Understanding someone else’s way
of doing things may not make one become or perform in the same way, but it will
allow the other person to continue in his own way instead of making that person
change, recognizing that we are not all the same, but that we can all live
peacefully together in spite of our differences.
Go, live, become.
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