It is about learning to listen to those who are different. It is about realizing that many differences will exist among the more than 6 billion persons who are presently living on this Earth, and the billions more who have gone before them.

It is about learning to listen with an open heart, and to see things from other points of view with an open mind.

It is about trying to understand others. And, if understanding fails, it is about learning to accept them for what they are. Accepting others means accepting their views, opinions, beliefs, and choices.

It is about banishing prejudices.

It is about learning to challenge, through the views of others, our own long-held and perhaps deadpan opinions and beliefs.

It is about learning to learn from others. After all, it is only through differences and diversity that we are able to grow.

And these apply to all aspects of life.

Life is about relationships. It is about realizing that, despite our many differences, we are in fact very similar.