Being International is seeing what others cannot see, is surpassing our own cultural bias and understand things in different ways. I am going to give you an example of what I understand by this.
I have recently gone hiking to Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong. On the top of Tai Mo Shan, I found some wild cattle that were eating grass looking down to the herbs unaware of the beautiful sights of Hong Kong island and Kowloon peninsula. Some of the cows were looking at me thinking: “How stupid human! What is he looking at? There is nothing out there. Grass is all that is important here”. An international person would be open-minded, would look at the whole picture, would understand why cows only look at the grass, would respect them, but, above all, would be able to see beyond and enjoy the landscape with all its details and contrasts.
When everybody in the world is able to see Hong Kong island from Tai Mo Shan, then they would see things from each other’s perspective, would help each other and the world would be an really international community.
Image: Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong. The picture belongs to me.
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