Going to different countries has changed my perspective a lot. So many places which are just so different from what I'm used to. Not just the places, but the people are just so different from what I expected them to be.
I think a lot of it has to do with the different languages people use to communicate with each other. I guess I'm lucky in that I'm partially multilingual, and I know that being able to speak a different language makes a huge difference to my life. Not that I can actually speak anything other than English very well, but I think I know enough to know that thinking in a different language influences what you think about something.
Just make sure you keep this in mind the next time you disagree with someone. They might not have thought that different if they were speaking the same language.
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