I had an incredible evening last night at the Tierras de Vida Annual Gala (Agros International fundraiser). Rick Steves as the Keynote Speaker. I love Rick Steves and used his travel guide when we went to Europe in 2016.
Some of the things he said were: "When we travel, we get out of our ethnocentricity. Travel makes us wiser. We humanize people who are far away, and have empathy & compassion for them. Travel helps us understand other people's baggage (not just focus on our own). We have the American Dream; other countries have their own dream."
On understanding baggage, he said, "We do things that are not who we are because of 9-11. We have the president that we have now because of 9-11."
Some of the things he said were: "When we travel, we get out of our ethnocentricity. Travel makes us wiser. We humanize people who are far away, and have empathy & compassion for them. Travel helps us understand other people's baggage (not just focus on our own). We have the American Dream; other countries have their own dream."
On understanding baggage, he said, "We do things that are not who we are because of 9-11. We have the president that we have now because of 9-11."
And here is a hard one to swallow: "We, the rich, work from a mindset of scarcity. And yet, they, who are poor, work from a mindset of abundance. Why is that?"
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