Comments on: 3. Xenophobia http://paulocoelhoblog.com/discuss/11.11.2006/xenophobia/ Share your views with Paulo Coelho Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Najam http://paulocoelhoblog.com/discuss/11.11.2006/xenophobia/#comment-12150 Najam Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:16:57 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/discuss/11.11.2006/xenophobia/#comment-12150 I always feel good to talk to strangers. I am from Pakistan and there are a lot of tourists during winter. I take initiative and talk to them. Generally they are nice people and smile back if you give them a smile. I learned a lot from them. All of them are from different cultures and they can teach a lot. Once I met a Japense and asked him that why he was travelling. And he started thinking and ultimately he replied that he didn't know. And once I met a Dutch photographer who was very old. He enjoyed the ride on my bike and believe me he was so alive that I was ashamed of my youth. He was a wonderful photographer and the you can see the passion with which he was taking the photos only in children when they are playing. Now I am residing in Gulf but the people are suspicious of each other. They don't smile. They don't talk to each other. I always feel good to talk to strangers. I am from Pakistan and there are a lot of tourists during winter. I take initiative and talk to them. Generally they are nice people and smile back if you give them a smile. I learned a lot from them. All of them are from different cultures and they can teach a lot.

Once I met a Japense and asked him that why he was travelling. And he started thinking and ultimately he replied that he didn’t know. And once I met a Dutch photographer who was very old. He enjoyed the ride on my bike and believe me he was so alive that I was ashamed of my youth. He was a wonderful photographer and the you can see the passion with which he was taking the photos only in children when they are playing.

Now I am residing in Gulf but the people are suspicious of each other. They don’t smile. They don’t talk to each other.

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