Who am I
We tend to define ourselves by our national identities. Well that's not exactly correct. I think first comes sex, then race and then national identity. It is like we are members of a club. Perhaps it makes us feel exclusive in some way and lord knows human beings like to feel exclusive. We long to be in some way unique and a nation is undeniably unique and exclusive in its very nature. I have traveled and lived in many parts of the globe and as the years have turned I have come to view myself less as a member of a country and more as a citizen of the world. The concept of humanity becomes much larger and all encompassing. A citizen of the world is an alien concept to most. It defies everything we have been taught all our lives of what it means to be a patriot. Patriotism, the connotation of the word denotes unquestionable loyalty to a national identity. The very essence of patriotism defies our biological similarity and harkens back to tribalism. Perhaps it is th