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The World's Change of Attitude

Written by: Lea 9/11/2006 9:13:16 PM
A few months after 9/11 I was invited as a guest of Florence Italy, along with a few other writers and editors and a deputy mayor of New York City. The invitation came because the city of Florence wanted to show their affection and solidarity with New York, and we were symbols of New York.

We were treated like cherished family. We met the mayor, and a member of the Ferragamo family (of shoes) in their palazzo. The Florentines lighted the Pitti Palace just for us one night where we had a banquet and they gifted us and toasted us and expressed their sorrow.

What happened? That connection with the world, that good will, has been squandered in the past five years.

As a world traveler I am sensitive to the changes of how the world sees us today. We must understand this, and deal with it in some way. It makes me terribly sad to feel that if I went back to those people in Florence, they would no longer feel .the connection.

Each of us must decide how we deal with this reality, and do our best to reach out when we travel in the world.

 





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