A Sentimental Thought & Experience
I’ve always been known to be a highly sensitive person (HSP) and I would say I am usually quite observant of people and my surroundings.
After traveling from countries to countries, learning and speaking in different languages and learning to live in accordance to different cultures, lifestyles and life conditions, the experiences that I acquired were inexplicable and too invaluable.
*I would like to highlight that if you are traveling, do try to live the authentic local life there as well, including adopting the practices and lifestyle that you were never used to or even that comfortable with. That way, you will be stepping outside of your comfort zone and expanding your knowledge and experiences. True adaption and experiences could only be acquired when you allow yourself to live a different life (for at least period of time if you could afford it) that you weren’t used to back in your home country.
But whichever country I go to, I see one common thing which belongs to our system of reality.
A disparity in the treatment of people of higher and lower status.
I cannot emphasize enough that our world has tied the poor and unfortunate with voicelessness and contempt. In many occasions while I was traveling, it saddens me to see how the behavior in customer services changes drastically when the people walked into cafeterias or shops were wearing clothes that looked scruffy or maybe less appealing. I could sense the prominent difference in the tone and body languages which were so inviting, welcoming, and friendly when others were dressed up in a more elegant and affluent style.
Discrimination against the poor is an undeniable and a worldwide fact.
Where there is fortune, there is power. Perhaps this is just the way of life and it may even be an unconscious behavior in many of us which stems from childhood that taught us that any association with the poor is a form of embarrasment, distress, and catastrophe. It means that it will strip you off your rights for respect, rank, and esteem.
I hope that there is equality for every human being and let’s be conscious in treating everyone with affability, and equal respect and demeanor.
A Food for thought.
