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World Peace
Is it cliché to say I just want world peace? I’m passionate about the concept of empathy and I believe it can change the world. Empathy is better than sympathy to me. A sympathizer would travel to a third world country and give them pity, maybe even volunteer with children. An empathizer would travel to all different, beautiful places the world has to offer and learn different customs and respect those differences. I want to make videos, podcast and blogs highlighting different areas of the world. Only my family and friends care where I travel now, but I believe that more people are learning empathy every day and I would love to create a space where different perspectives and environments can be shared and respected. The idea of empathy is not new and traveling is not always rewarding. However, I want to create a media-based subscription where people can experience real life situations that happen to me while traveling, that would hopefully inspire others to do the same. I believe sharing traveling experience would get people to see things that they don’t have access to and hopefully change their perspectives on going to different places. This would incorporate empathy by opening people up and giving them access to an immersive experience, that would hopefully introduce them to their own experiences traveling, or even trying new places in their own hometown. It’s my unique experience traveling that puts me in a position to want to encourage others to do so.
By Taylor Foster5 years ago in Journal
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In 2016, my life changed. I moved to Rome, Italy from Ottawa, Canada because of my parents work and spent the next 3 years moving schools and trying to find my footing. I had moved away from my friends, my dad and all my extended family and was now in an entirely new environment. I changed schools and upon my first day at my new school, I was knew instantly I wasn't going to feel welcomed or comfortable here. Unfortunately I was right and for the next year and a half, I spent most of my days feeling like I was out of place, no matter what I did or who I was with. Throughout middle school I had been in a cocoon. I wasn't popular but I had a solid group of friends who I had known since elementary school. There was never any question as to who I'd sit next to in class, or at lunch, or who I'd walk with in the hallway on the way to class. I had my group of friends and I constantly felt a sense of safety, want and belonging around them. I fit in and felt loved. I never acknowledged how much of a privilege that was. Having suffered from anxiety since I was a young kid, I never knew how challenging it would be to have to face new people without anyone familiar, how awkward and out of place I'd feel everytime I tried to make a new friend. Being at a new school, every inch of comfort I had previously felt was violently torn from me and I didn't know - and still don't know - how to cope. I used to spend my days and nights trying to envision the ways in which I'd finally be able to find my place at this new school, in this new city. I'd come up with all kinds of reasons I didn't fit in - or reasons I didn't feel like I did - and try to pick them apart bit by bit, sure that the problem was with me. I was defective and it was my fault, something I was lacking or doing wrong that was causing me to feel empty and alone all of the time. I lived in a constant cycle of projected reinvention. I was constantly coming up with ways I could be cooler, more likeable, prettier, funnier, just so that I'd be accepted. And it never worked. I still don't know why. But i do know that I spent an extra 6 months of my life internalising everything I felt and forcing myself to stay somewhere that I needed to leave from. I'll elaborate. After my first year at my new school, I felt dejected. I had some friends but still felt completely out of place and anxious within my school and with my peers. I spent the summer completely avoiding any thoughts about the year to come. I went home to Ottawa, visited my friends and tried to forget I had ever felt like such a fucking loser. In Ottawa I was safe. My friends liked me, made me feel loved and accepted and the idea that I was inherently worthless based off of my ability to fit in or be liked started to fade into the background. The other thing I should mention is that my first year was clouded by one particular girl who had made it her mission to be mean to anyone she didn't think deserved her respect, anyone who wasn't as "cool" as her, whatever the fuck that means. She was the undisputed queen bee of the school, the most popular and feared person simultaneously within those 4 walls, despite being much younger than the seniors that attended above us. She came from a powerful (and rich) family and attending a private school meant that somehow that mattered. Having attended public school up until this point, back in Ottawa, (there are no english public schools in Rome), I was new to an environment in which we were all assessed and given merit based off the price of our clothing, the brand name of our purses / shoes and our family's net income. She made it her mission to humiliate me and anyone else new to the school who she didn't feel deserving of her time. She'd make sarcastic remarks, act kindly to your face and then spread rumors behind your back. I felt like I was in a Tina Fey Mean Girls remake. All of that to say, she was definitely one of the many reasons I had hated my first year at that school and at the time, I felt it easier to pin all the issues I had had fitting in on her presence rather than evaluate the overall social environment at the school. She was leaving the next year so I spent the entire summer in blissful denial, sure that come September I'd be welcomed with open arms and feel a sense of belonging I had thought impossible with her attendance at the school. I could not have been more wrong. September came and left and I spent my lunches sneaking into the library after my 3rd period class, anxious to get in before anyone saw me and made fun of me for it. I spent every single lunch there. Eating, alone at a desk counting down the minutes to the next class where I'd at least be able to hide behind the solace of my teacher's presence, knowing I wouldn't be forced to interact with anyone I didn't feel comfortable around, if the teacher was explaining lectures and class material. I had gone from being an outgoing, confident pre-teen with lots of self-assurance and self-worth to being too shy to make eye contact with anyone and avoiding conversation at any cost, hoping not to be perceived as awkward or anything else I perceived as being negative at the time. Eventually, I got so depressed that I was considering suicide on an minute to minute basis. The only times I had reprieve from these thoughts were when I could distract myself by indulging in other people's lives, people who felt belonging, love and hope. I spent so many hours hiding behind my screen devouring movies, tv shows, music videos, youtube videos etc. I would watch shows where I related to the characters and find solace in the fact that even if I felt deeply alone and unconnected to my peers, I could connect to these characters, get invested in their lives and find solace in our similarities. I didn't feel as alone or as rejected when I spent time engaging with people that seemed to struggle with similar feelings of isolation, despite not knowing them personally. I spent most of those lonely lunch periods finding solace in music, specifically.
By Harley Rowe5 years ago in Journal
Exeter, Stage Right
This linear work is curated word-for-word from journals, poems, and reflections written before and during my 2019 exchange trip to the University of Exeter. This is not a work of fiction. Emphasis, grammar, and all changes in font represent the genuine documents.
By Taylor vvestmacott5 years ago in Journal
Meet an International Tour Guide From Cambodia
He has excellent skills, can also speak foreign languages fluently with foreigners. Kimsa is a well-known figure as a Cambodian International Tour Guide, Digital Creator, and Blogger in the field of institutional work and on the social media of Cambodia. He then started working as a Digital Creator and Blogger on social media in 2017. He is one of the most popular digital creators and bloggers on social media. In addition, he has worked as a Digital Creator and Blogger in many other well-known ministries and institutions in Cambodia. He is also considered to be one of the most prominent individuals who can become a popular International Tour Guide of Cambodia and one of the most popular Digital Creator, a Blogger on social media. Mr. Kimsa has been working for the Ministry of Tourism of the Kingdom of Cambodia since 2020. His great talent is that he can speak three languages: Khmer, the first language, Korean, and the third language, which is fluent in foreign languages, English. He is currently studying many other foreign language skills to facilitate communication with foreigners as part of his guided service. Kimsa said he would do a good job for his ministry and the world, and he would help promote tourism. He also has a long-term vision to serve as an international tour guide for the Ministry of Tourism. Mr. Kimsa Sok has worked in this institution, he has a lot of patience to work because he works as an international tour guide to understand a lot of cultures, civilizations, and other knowledge. Not only can he be a good international tour guide, but he is also going through further study at the university and has received extensive training from the Ministry of Tourism. After he has been trained, he has to take an exam to prove his ability and specific skills to be able to do this job. And he is a student in the Department of Tourism of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, where he was taught a lot about his tourism skills. Kimsa started dreaming of becoming a professional foreign language speaker and he wanted to communicate with many foreigners, then in 2014, he decided to become an international tour guide. After graduating from high school and entering the university, he decided to study at the Department of Tourism at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He has been working as a professional international tour guide at the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia since 2020. In addition to his professional career as an international tour guide, he also worked as an airline service in Phnom Penh during his university studies. In 2017, since then, Kimsa has embraced another outside career as a digital creator and blogger on social media. He also has computer skills or internet research skills. He faced many obstacles about all this, he was a person with a lot of work experience that made him want to give it up as well. He eventually discovered his skills and worked as a good international tour guide.
By The UBJ Times5 years ago in Journal
Learning Life Lessons from Aeta People
The Aeta are an indigenous tribe of Luzon, Philippines, who live in isolated mountainous areas. They are thought to be among the Philippines' first settlers, arriving before the Austronesian migrations. Anthropologists and archaeologists are still puzzled by the Aeta's past.
By lovely tolentino5 years ago in Journal
Visiting with the Amish
My husband and I work with the Amish. My husband’s Amish Co-worker wanted to go to his home town in Pennsylvania.SO we decides we would take James (My husband’s co-worker) and his family to Pennsylvania. They had planned for us to stay in James Brother’s house while we were there. It was a very interesting trip! So I decided to write a little story about it. It was the first time I have ever been in an Amish home.
By Kristina Steffy5 years ago in Journal
Tour to Multan! A City Of Saints and Shrines
It is one of the biggest cities in Pakistan. It is an ancient city that is renowned for its saints and shrines. It is one of the biggest tourist attractions. People who like to study civilizations and cultures then it is the best place for them to visit.
By Blizin Hotels in Lahore5 years ago in Journal
Fish Therapy Benefits | Fish Oil Benefits
What is fish therapy? Fish therapy is one of the most unusual treatments for dry skin. During this type of therapy, people submerge themselves or certain body parts in reservoirs filled with fish, which bite and shed dry, dead skin. While anyone can take part in this type of therapy, people with psoriasis and eczema are more likely to fish therapy benefit from it. The fish used for this treatment is native to parts of the Middle East and this therapy is very popular in many parts of Asia. However, in some areas of the United States (USA), this practice is banned as unsanitary.
By Reluxetoday5 years ago in Journal
The Chile Podcast: New Mexico True
There are five passions (hobbies) that I am absolutely crazy about. Writing, food, photography, traveling and doing all of it in New Mexico. My dream job would be to incorporate all of these into one perfectly wrapped up career, where I can share with my fanbase everything I experience; so long as the story somehow incorporates New Mexico, traveling, and food!
By Charleen Richey5 years ago in Journal
