As I sit in Car 7, Seat 31, I'm reminded of my memories taking the VRE in high school. I look out the window to see that Poland is not very different from Virginia. It has many trees, people, roads, buildings, and graffiti just like I use to see in my teenage years on the train. Two other passengers are in the same compartment we are in: one man, close to 30 years-old, wearing a business suit, intently readying a newspaper, and a woman in her later 20s wearing a red dress with a sweater, who appears to also be on her way to work. I look outside again to see some rum down buildings and some factories. Yes, the buildings are designed differently, but in a strange way, it felt as if I were still in the US. The mounds of dirt, rocks, and gravel by the train tracks end the city limits. Now I see only open fields and power lines with occasional houses far apart.
I wonder what illusion is created by man that makes us think we are so different. Not Americans or Poles, but the human race. If nations could open their eyes and see people as we are, all from one ancestry with planet Earth, maybe progress could thrive. I would like to think world peace is near in the future. More so, I would like to think that environmentalism, sustainability, and conservation will play a large role in the current century.
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