My name is Gustavo Beluco and I'm 14 years old. Even though I was born in the coastal city of Vitória, Espírito Santo, I have lived great part of my life overseas. I recently moved to Belo Horizonte after living 6 years in Muscat, Oman.
Sometimes the discoveries you make are brisk and agile, while other can take months or even years. My personal discovery wasn't created; it didn't simply emerge. My discovery was developed and moulded by my surrounding. The blazing dunes, majestic ocean, elevated mountains and the deep cobalt sky. Not only by Oman's physical surrounding, oh no, the leaders of my discovery were the people; the Omanis. By far, the nicest and most inviting natives I have ever roamed with. The discovery that initiated the citizen I am today was that the Middle East is beautiful, no matter what the media and people say. Not only geological beauty, but cultural and society-wise too.
Transitions also may strike as fast as a viper lashing out at a unweary rodent. They might also hitchhike on a discovery, which, with no doubt whatsoever, was my case. The discovery I developed launched a transition out of me. That transition was the change of my viewpoint towards religion and ethnicity. Media can sometimes tell the truth, while other times they may only tell a fraction of the truth. The conflict between the Islamic world and the West has lasted way too long, for both ignorant and irrational reasons. We shouldn't fight for our country or our religion, we should fight for our world.
I'm certainly in love with the gorgeous and sunny Sultanate of Oman. The experiences I have absorbed from this culturally rich country shaped whom I am today. Since I used to study in an American school I lived among dozens of different religions, which was simply terrific. Different lifestyles, nature, culture all influenced my being. Every religion and ethnicity is unique in its own way. Difference doesn't mean worse, on the contrary, difference can be exhilarating and exciting.
Sometimes the discoveries you make are brisk and agile, while other can take months or even years. My personal discovery wasn't created; it didn't simply emerge. My discovery was developed and moulded by my surrounding. The blazing dunes, majestic ocean, elevated mountains and the deep cobalt sky. Not only by Oman's physical surrounding, oh no, the leaders of my discovery were the people; the Omanis. By far, the nicest and most inviting natives I have ever roamed with. The discovery that initiated the citizen I am today was that the Middle East is beautiful, no matter what the media and people say. Not only geological beauty, but cultural and society-wise too.
This what one of my Omani friends wrote on my yearbook before I left Oman.
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