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CITTADINI DEL MONDO “Citizens of the World” | |
| Fellow students and friends in Rome taking a break from sorrow | ||
| I have worried since the attack that I would feel so distant from my friends and family in New York and the rest of the country. I know that life in the U.S. is irrevocably changed and, for the next three months, as it changes I will not be part of that. I can read the papers and understand, but I will not be going through the day-to-day emotions. I was so sick at heart about that possibility, that I seriously considered changing my plans and returning home. But, as I sat with a group of my new friends on a warm Roman evening, saying goodbye to the American friend with whom I shared this tragedy, I realized I have the unique opportunity to discover the thoughts of people from all over the world. In this group alone, there are represented six countries. Israel, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland, America, New Zealand. From very different countries, bound together by a desire to learn, we are able to communicate, albeit haltingly, in the language of a seventh country. I have been given the chance to gain a unique world view. | ||