I meet people from different cultures everyday in my line of work, people from, Africa, Jamaica, Russia, Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and loads & loads more places around the world and I have to say with each new person I meet I learn something new. It might be a characteristic of an individual culture (don’t let anyone tell you they don’t exist) or an individuals insight into a certain circumstance but with each person I meet I seem to gain a new insight into life.

The other day I was having a discussion with a friend from Nigeria (Tosan) we were talking about the UK and the state of social welfare and crime in the UK yada yada yada…. I was saying that I was depressed with the way things were going over here and that I was thinking of moving to Ireland in the near future. I was surprised by his strong defence of the UK government and the UK in general in terms of of it being an open and accepting society. Later that day I had a discussion with my brother and explained how Tosan had defended the country so adamantly and he said something to me that will stay with me for the rest of my days “everyone comes to their own truth” it’s such a simple statement but, it’s true.

I will go no further to explain this statement and what it meant to me other than to say it’s so true to me.