Seeking Harmony as a World Citizen Essay -- Personal Narrative Essay E

Seeking Harmony as a World Citizen   unbosom me, do you speak German? - outside of that churchs organ recital in Bonn, Germany, the distinct Japanese accent caught me by surprise. My weeks of study and internship gave me new confidence, so I answered, Yes, yes I do. The Japanese cleaning ladys companion, seeing my nod, immediately began to overflow with German praises.   I looked at her, elderly, in a wheelchair, and she told me the story that music-loving Japanese woman pushed that music-loving German woman out of the church, medieval in design and so not disabled-friendly. What generosity, I translated in my native tongue, the only go-between these women had. A million thanks for your help, I couldnt have made it out without you. The Japanese woman nodded, understanding, but her only reply was, Does she need me to take her somewhere else? No, no, and thank you - God bless, I translated. The German woman smiled, grabbed her hand, kissed it. She grabbed my hand, kissed it too, and wheeled past over the cobblestones. Awestruck, I smiled to the Japanese w...