A traveller’s realization: People are divided by borders but united by emotions
How wonderful it would be for us travelaholics if the world was without borders!
Oh! what fun it would be to travel across countries and continents without worrying about visas, passports and stampings.
We would travel like the migratory birds across millions of miles in search of new experiences and adventures.
We would gently drift across international borders like the clouds in the sky.
Maybe one day the world would be one and our children would be able to travel across the world with the freedom of the birds.
Why do these thoughts arise in me?
It is because what I observe about people in my travels. Be it India, Europe, China, Thailand or any other country, if you take out the external trappings and peel out the layers, intrinsically people are the same everywhere.
They all love and hate, laugh and cry, eat and drink, have families and have their daily routines, have beliefs and egos everyone is on the job of earning their livelihood in their own way and all of them are striving for those moments of happiness.
Wherever you go the emotions of Love, Joy, Anger, Compassion, and Fear bind people of all races into one common thread.
And nowhere is this oneness, this universality more evident than in the children of the world.
During our travels though we admire the breathtaking natural sites and the awe inspiring man made wonders, we are equally if not more, fascinated by the people around us.
I present here some photos from my travels which captures children from different parts of the world.
Hope you liked our photos and the emotions associated with them.
We will be back with more photos of people in different moods from around the world in one of our upcoming posts.
This article has also been published in Huffington Post. Click here to check.
How do you look at people and interactions with them on your travels? Do share your people experiences.
Love that idea! At the end we are all the same, all kis are the same and there are bad and good everywhere 🙂
Exactly!
So true!
Thank you Jack.
Great post. I agree that kids are just kids, wherever they come from.
I’m off to The Jungle in Calais this week where there a many unattended children who have made it across Europe from Syria, Iraq etc. I expect it to be a difficult visit.
Thank you Amanda. I can imagine the plight of those kids from Syria and Iraq. Wish this world is a more happy place where all kids can smile and be happy. Happy travels. Look forward to your post on the same.
Inspiring post! 🙂 Emotions are one of the most genuine things that we have in the world! We should always empower messages like these! 😉
Thank you Irene. Glad you find the post inspiring. 🙂 Emotions truly bond this world together!
Love it! And would love the idea with no borders! I totally agree with you that emotions are the common bridge between all people around the world! I will follow you 🙂
Thank you Nate. 🙂 Indeed we all have the same emotions!
Very interesting concept. I like the way you view things 🙂
Thank you so much. 🙂
Thank you for the great post!
Thank you Anita. 🙂
Fantastic post and what a different world it would be without borders. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. 🙂 Yes, it will be a wonderful world without borders!
Lovely blog post! I think that we need more posts like this one out there. Pinning this so that other people will find it and remember the important things in life.
Thank you so much Marie Anne. 🙂
So very true
Thank you Kelly. 🙂
This is a great collection of moments. And the Disneyland HK pictures are just like the ones you get at Disneyland Anaheim or Walt Disney World. Such a great thing to call out.
Thanks Rob 🙂
I love this. Being that I often travel with my children I had a crude saying when people asked me how I dealt with different cultures. “No matter where you are, if a baby farts, everybody laughs”. Because inside we’re all the same and all we need is to find those commonalities that bind us.
Totally agree. Thank you Kevin. 🙂
Wouldn’t it be nice to float like clouds over borders…Your photos are great. you captured a lot of beautiful moments!
Wow, what a great idea – to float like clouds over the borders! Thank you. 🙂
Clever idea for a post plus your photos are very interesting. Thanks! Definitely a different read.
Thank you Melody. 🙂
great perspective on cultures and kids. The innocence of children is amazing and how they seem to make the best of what available to them.
Thank you Mark. 🙂 Absolutely. The innocence of kids is truly amazing and adorable.
The pictures are incredible, children do teach us the World as it should be…
Thank you Gabi. 🙂 Kids are innocent and are so loving and forgiving!
This is so true. Especially with children, I always find the innocence and warmth in their smiles are there no matter the circumstances or response from adults in that country. Hopefully one day those borders and divides might just fade away… I hope!
You are absolutely right Dan. The innocence and smiles we see on the face of children is heavenly. We hope to see a better world with no borders someday! 🙂
What a beautiful article and you’re so right! Just look into the childrens eyes, before they realize how the adults are messing it all up for who knows what reasons, and you just know we’re basically all the same.
Exactly. Thanks Liesbeth. 🙂
Loved the concept of this post . Children have a lot to teach us adults.being happy despite the circumstances and keeping that innocence alive is just one of them
Very true. Their innocence and smile helps us to learn a lot. Thanks Askhat for reading through our post. 🙂
I love this post – it’s so true. One of the primary reasons that we started traveling the world with our children was to show them that people are the same.
Thank you Jennifer. It is nice to know that you are showing the world to your children. They will be able to capture the essence of humanity. 🙂
I can only totally agree with you! We are all the same within – in search for happiness, in search for joy, in search for beauty, in search for amazement! Children are our biggest teachers in this. They don’t look at someone with judgement but with curiosity. Love your post, love your photos!
Thank you Cynthia. 🙂 Children are pure at heart and their innocence and smile captures our hearts.
One of the most lovely posts that I have come across. Each time we travel to a new place, we have that question running at the back of our mind – hows it gonna be. Every time, it turns out that the people are so much similar to us.
I think that is one of the sharpest lessons we all learn as we travel.
People, all over the world, we are truly one and the same.
We might not look identical, and we’re never always going to love the same things, but at the root of it all, we’re pretty much the same 🙂
Beautifully written post, great idea and inspiring pictures. I totally agree that although the world is divided into borders, we definitely share emotions.
Yes, we are all one and the same. We all want happiness! A world without borders would be amazing. I love all of the photos but I especially liked the kids dressed up as Santa in Goa. They were super cute!
Your opening line is so true – People are divided by borders but united by emotions and I love the way you have explained it with the pictures of kids. No better way to share emotions than through innocent faces. Cheers to a bright future.
Love this! The raw emotions depicted in these photos says all. We are all human in search of love, happiness, inclusiveness. It’s the simple joys in life that we all share.