How about...a HUMAN CULTURE

Jan 09, 2009 06:35 PM

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by vadushkas_nurse

Updated Jan 10, 2009 at 06:02 PM by sirI

Adj. transcultural - extending through all human cultures; "a transcultural ideal of freedom embracing all the peoples of the world" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/transcultural

You know, I had to look up the definition of transcultural before I could even think of an appropriate story to write about it.

It seems like a catchy new phrase that is used, but probably not fully understood. Using the above definition, the first thing that popped into my mind was my relationship with my fiancé, my soul mate.

He is both Russian and Jewish.

He and I often discuss that religion and cultural titles are often used interchangeably as descriptions, it has lead to some insightful understandings and meaningful conversations

. I often find myself proudly exclaiming these descriptions to people when I talk about him, it is what makes him him and what makes our relationship so special. Having been with my fiancé going on nine years is a true blessing to me, his wisdom and love is beyond narrative. I have learned so much about culture and tradition from being a big part of his live

. I struggle when people’s first question to me is “well are you going to convert”? and I quietly wonder to myself

, first, if I really need to explain my values to this person, and then secondly, I consider that this is an opportunity to share with others what great gifts choice, love and life are (when you value the little things most)

. I feel proud to tell people that we have chosen a very unique way of sharing our lives. We participate in all the traditions

we know and value. We chose to have an open and all encompassing mind about things. What I love about living in Canada and the societal understanding of transcultural is that we embrace others for the uniqueness and that we are able to live they way that makes us happy.

My loving relationship has increased my tolerance, empathy and love for life and people. I feel that if people would be more open minded and appreciative of family and relationships, then we could be more at peace and happy just living. I think that the uniqueness of different cultures is what makes each of us special and that much deeper of a friend, as there is so much to teach and share. The most important concept I think about when talking about transculture is that what matters most, is the human culture.

We all have underlying fundamentals and similar genetic makeup. It is time recognize what connects us as human, and use the gifts of culture to share with others.

We all share the possibility of love, life, choice, family and happiness, should be chose to search for them. When we all embrace our differences and uniqueness, we can then only find inner peace and further advance the human “being” culture.

What I find interesting as I write this short story in Microsoft word, is that the only word with an unrecognized understanding by the computer spell check is the word transcultural.We as a society should be better than this and remember we are very lucky to have the abilities to think, learn and interpret!! Let’s behave smarter than “word” and determine what transcultural means to us and ACT it out in the REAL world

There is so much more to life than labels and separating people who are different. We are all HUMAN and that’s WHAT MATTERS MOST

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nursesail · Jan 10, 2009, 06:16 PM