Journey to the One human family

Journeys are a good thing. They also have negatives, including pollution of the environment, at least with the now dominant means of transport. However, they bring many benefits. Travellers usually come from developed nations and often travel to developing countries, returning at least a fraction of the money that is "exhausted" from there by the modern global economic system, so-called free market.

Indeed, something about travelling is priceless, namely the recognition that the people in distant countries are no different from ourselves. Therefore, each new conversation, each new meeting, contact, etc. brings humanity closer together and strengthen our belief that we all are but one family.

Why are journeys so appealing to us? We enjoy amazing landscapes, beautiful cities, a variety of cultures, poetry of languages and colourful people. However, let us focus on people. Are we so different? When we travel around the world, we find out that every human being is more or less like ourselves.

What are we, humans, striving for? If we are parents, we want to ensure our children's happiness and the best possible future no matter where we live - in nomadic tents, villages, slums, cities or megapolises. If we are children, we want a good education and best for our parents no matter where we live - in nomadic tents, villages, slums, cities or megapolises. If we are young, we want to create a home and a family, perhaps to travel abroad no matter where we live - in nomadic tents, villages, slums, cities or megapolises.

Why there are so many differences between us? We are born in different social, political and economic environments or systems, in different cultures, traditions and religions, we speak so many languages. All these things make us different. We are conditioned by the social, economic and political environment in which we are born. With the development of global media, especially the Internet, and with the expansion of travel, this conditioning is disappearing rapidly.

Our outward appearance is by no means cause of the distinction or even the divisions advocated by the extremists. Colour of skin in no way indicates to any particular characteristics of human beings (individuals in the family also have different colours of hair and eyes, but this does not in any way mean that one is smarter or more capable than others).

Any divisions based on the appearance or cultural, religious, linguistic or other characteristics are merely absurd and do not have any basis either in science nor in common sense. We all belong to one human family. Different cultures, religions, traditions and systems are just different ways of achieving human goals, which are the same all over the world: wellbeing and happiness; emotional, intellectual and spiritual development. The only critical differences between people are economic differences that human being divide between those who have too much and those who have too little goods. These differences are, however, inadmissible.

These differences can be significantly reduced or even eliminated by co-operation in the political field, and with a sharing economy that enables all people to achieve human goals that are equal for all, only the paths to them are "coloured" with the diversity of traditions, cultures and religions.

Travel, therefore, brings us together, but this is not enough. Through cooperation and sharing we are building solid bridges that genuinely connect us in one family, the One Humanity.