International Connections

One of the best things in life to have is good friends. Some people are very social and they acquire large amounts of friends. Others are a bit more exclusive and just have a tight knit set of friends. Either way it goes, having people in your life that care about you and share the same interests as you, is truly a wonderful feeling that everyone should share. In most cases the friends we have are usually geographically close to us. This makes it easier to interact in ways like talking on the phone, visiting in person, and just keeping in contact. What many people do not realize is that you can make some amazing friends in places that are far away too. Places that you may have never even heard of before can have people living there that would blow your mind! Sometimes the best things in life you have to go searching for. In this case you can make some friends that are on the other side of the planet that are even better than the ones you have here that are close in proximity to. Making international connections with other people is something that everybody should take full advantage of.

Making friends in other countries can open your eyes to so many different cool things. You can get to learn a foreign culture that you may have never even thought of before. And at the same time, you can teach them about your culture and shed some light on things that they may have not yet known. For example, being American, we are constantly being watched by other countries all over the world. Always, in magazines, newspapers, and television shows all over the world. But these images often paint a false image of us. The sad human nature is that people believe everything they see and hear. This is a great opportunity to share important things with them about America that they cannot get from the media. One on one conversation is the best ways of passing information to others because it does not get misinterpreted by things like the media and TV, which are usually out to portray nonsense. It is also an opportunity for them to shed some light on some stereotypes about their country. The media has pretty much screwed everyone when it comes to painting an accurate picture of cultures around the world.

You can even have specific reasons for making friends in other countries. Maybe you want to connect with others with the same interests as you. If you are a student then you can make friends with other students studying the same things that you do. You guys can exchange ideas about your studies, or maybe just talk about the frustrations of student life. You would be amazed on the way people feel the same way you do in a places that are so far away. Some of my best friends are in places like Serbia, Romania, Russia, Iceland, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Caribbean.

The more friends you have internationally, the more well rounded of a person you will become. Not to mention the brownie points you will get for being such a cultured being. It looks really good when you can speak of foreign lands like you have been there. These friends like you for who you are and nothing else. All the materialism sort of fades away the when you branch out to foreign lands. Then who knows, maybe one day you will get to travel to these places and experience the culture first hand. Even if you cannot do that it is okay. Technology makes it easy to keep in touch with people just fine. So what are you waiting for??? Start making those international connections ASAP! I promise you that you will not be disappointed in what you find.