Jambo!

      Hello!  Hola! (Oh-la.)  Jambo! (Jahm-bow.)  These are words for "hello" in three different languages: English, Spanish, and Swahili.  They all mean the exact same thing, but, of course, they look and sound different.  In fact, each of the many different languages on our planet has a word for "hello," just as each has a word for "mother," "father," "dog," "rock," "sky," and countless others.  The words are all the same (in meaning) yet different at the same time.  People are like that too.  We are all similar because each of us has a mind and a body that work together to make us behave like human beings; yet our personalities are as different as snowflakes.

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