a traveler and a peaceful world

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1. Category : Youth

2. Essay Title : A Traveler and A Peaceful World

3. Nae : !eirna Pus"ita Peratasari

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A TRAVELER AND A PEACEFUL WORLD

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need

it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be

acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all ones lifetime. ! !ar% T'ain

Ever since ( 'as a %id& ( have al'ays *een dreaing of traveling to various "laces all over the

'orld. ( thin% it is 'onderful to a%e a 'ay to a different land& eet ne' "eo"le& and start a

constant interaction 'ith the. 6nfortunately& soe "eo"le thin% that a tri" is unafforda*le&

ris%y& and tie/consuing. Whereas& traveling "rovides us lessons that 'e ay not find in

foral school and fro 'hich 'e can learn to create a ore "eaceful 'orld.

What is actually the correlation *et'een traveling and "eace; The ans'er of this it is not difficult to get the inforation a*out 'hat

is ha""ening in another heis"here& even in a atter of seconds. (n this case& edia has the

greatest "o'er to sha"e "u*lic?s o"inion 'ith the ne's they deliver. (t is oftenties foundthat "eo"le 'ho constantly consue the ne's a*out dis"utes tend to have a "re8udice to'ard

the related countries. Assu"tions a*out unsafeness and cries eventually hinder soe*ody

fro 'itnessing the actual condition. The effect then *ecoes "redicta*le@ the "re8udice 'ill

%ee" "revailing and cause 'orse "ro*les unless one dares to travel and discover the truth.

Through this 'riting& ( 'ould li%e to share y travel e"erience that has *roadened y

"ers"ective a*out 'orld issues. !y friends and ( 'ere given a chance to "artici"ate in a

conference in the 6nited 5tates of Aerica earlier this year. That 'as y first international

traveling e"erience. The air 'as full of eciteent as 'e got to 2 hours flight and landed

safely on the air"ort. 4inally& 'e 'ere in Aerica& a thousand %iloeters a'ay fro our

hoeto'n. !onths *efore y de"arture& there 'ere soe unco"lientary sayings a*out

the country ( 'as a*out to visit. There have *een any "re8udices that osles are not

'elcoed regarding the "ast incident ha""ened in the early 21 stcentury. (t 'as a little *it

a""rehensive for e at first& since ( 'ear hi8a* 'hich is an identifia*le attri*ute of osle

'oen. Yet& it did not discourage y guts to %ee" going& and 'hat ha""enned net actually

sur"rised e as the day 'ent *y. When ( 'as "assing *y the streets of !anhattan& ( found

soe "eo"le gave greetings to e and y friends in the 'ay a osle does. 5oe others had

no dou*t to share their stories a*out living in Ne' Yor% City to us and even there 'ere girls

giving co"lient a*out the hi8a* ( 'ore in the conference sessions. (n s"ite of the fact that

there 'ere not any "rayer roos for osle availa*le in the city and 'e had to "ray in the

near*y coffeesho" soeties& 'e discovered one ore "roof that osle is still acce"ted in

Aerica. !as8id Al Bi%ah& a os


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have *etter understanding a*out ones? selves. That 'as the serendi"itous lesson that ( learnt

'hile traveling a*road. The ore 'e travel& the ore "eo"le 'e interact 'ith& the *etter

understanding that 'e have& the ore "eaceful 'orld 'e can create.

a traveler and a peaceful world

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