Travel.

Last night we watched Argo, which was absolutely amazing, if you haven't you need to, and soon! Tonight, we are watching Zero Dark Thirty, I know the result will be much the same. I will be much the same. I/ we will want to go, go to these amazing places, and be angry and disheartened that we can't go, or feel like we can't due to safety concerns for a while. This is something that has angered me about so many places for a while. Being a girl, blonde, American, I feel like such a target. I am sure this is a combination of parental concern given mostly by my father since before I can remember, my own paranoia and the general media. I have friends from so many of these countries that I feel this way about. Most of them men, all of the absolutely wonderful. They have done nothing but shown me Love. So why is it that I am still so fearful to go to these places? Are those from Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, India and several countries in Africa, that I know the nice ones, I have a hard time believing they are the only ones. Are they more western thinking or open to women and women's rights? Possibly, they do live outside of these countries now. Though I really think it is a lot of the media, the fear that is spread when one little thing happens in these areas, especially if it is to an American or a woman. All I know is that I am beyond thankful for my friends, each and everyone of them and how they have shown me love and how beautiful their cultures are. I know my desire to go to these places won't go away, I want to go everywhere, experience everything... I mean why wouldn't you. I just hope that I have the chance to go, experience and enjoy these cultures for what they are! And again, thank you to all of those who show love, and not fear, even if it is chanting USA at me, you know who you are! :)