Building Bridges of Understanding: My Personal Quest for Unity and Peace
By Dr. Jane Goodall and LUCIA DE GARCIA
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This narrative contains both humorous and serious anecdotes. It includes ancient wisdom, poetry, and songs in Spanish and English that still resonate in my heart, chart the course of my life, and sustain me. The people I have met in my tireless and frequent journeys across hemispheres have transformed my life: world leaders in politics, religion, business, community building, and the arts. I especially want to share events that deeply moved me in sacred places and paid homage alongside believers, including Cistercian monks, Shamans, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Jewsall of whom contributed to and nourished my spiritual being.
As a woman, an immigrant, a minority by public definition, a Latina or Hispanic, I faced many challenges in finding the courage to venture into the international business arena, and travel across the world mostly alone to follow my vision. I finally overcame them. It is far better to explore problems rather than become paralyzed by them.
Spanish is my mother language and I learned English later in life. While writing this book, the two languages collided at times, as I journeyed to the depths of my heart to dig into my feelings and describe my life experiences.
Discovering a new world is an adventure worthy of the many challenges. The reasons are obvious: it requires money, time, and determination, the uncertainty of a new destination, different cultures and traditions, the strangers you will meet along the way and the unexpected outcomes are part of the unknown challenges you will encounter.
I have been to remote and exotic places, from the north to the south of the American continent, from the Bearing to the Magellan Straits, and across the Americas. From the east to the west of five continents crossing the Gibraltar Strait between Africa and Europe and sailing the South Pacific Islands, the Mediterranean, Indian, China, and the Caribbean Seas. To south and east of the African continent on safaris or visiting secluded villages and mountains to work on behalf of child education programs with the purpose of teaching them to survive, to preserve the environment, and to protect endangered species. My legacy and lifes mission is to contribute to humanity, to collaborate in building bridges of hope and understandingbridges between people who respect each others differences and value each others shared humanity. These are the bridges that people of all cultures must build, restore, and cross together to reach the land of unity and peace for all.
My multifaceted life gave me the courage I needed to undertake this story-telling mission, and my spiritual walk gave me guidance, inspiration, and the strength
Dr. Jane Goodall
Laureate poet and writer, social innovator, Lucia lectures across the world on creating Peace with other cultures, traditions and spiritual beliefs. “It is our attitude toward tolerance, compassion, and celebrating the differences existing among us, that will remove the boundaries that exist in today’s world”. Among her awards are: The World Academy of Arts and Culture/UNESCO (WAAC) President’s Gold Medals for Literary Excellence, India 2007 and Taiwan 2010, and the Silver Rose for her poem “Bridge to the Heaven’s Realm”, Mexico 2008; she was inducted to the Women’s Hall of Fame in the sacred island of Delos and received the EAWC's Goddess Artemis Women Achievement Award for bridging Nations and cultures, Greece 2008. In 2011 she was designated Universal Ambassadress by Le Cercle Universel des Ambassadeurs de la Paix, Switzerland and France. Born in Colombia, South America, Lucía is multilingual, multicultural and appears on national and international media. She is profiled in the 1996 Simon & Schuster’s “Latino Success, Insights from 100 of America’s Most Powerful Latino Business Professionals.” E-mail: lucia.degarcia@cox.net www.luciadegarcia.com
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