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I wonder how wonderful people are I have just come across the author's option on how different cultures are. "Cultures are built on deeply-embbedded sets of values,norms, assumptions and believes. It can be surprising and sometimes distressing to find that people do not share some of your most deeply held ideas, as most of us take our core values and beliefs for granted and assume they are universally held." I can't help but agree with the fact that SOMETIMES it can be distressing,but all in all the very fact that we're different maskes me revaluate things in life. It becomes a kind of drive for widening my horizons, and that's what inspires me to live fully. What is your opinion, my friend?

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Hi Anastasiya,
I completely agree: if we never meet anybody with different views and values to our own, and are never challenged in our own thinking, how can we grow as individuals or as societies?
Your language is great! I hope the couple of small corrections below help you to improve further :-)

I wonder how wonderful people are

I have just come across the author's option on how different cultures are.
  • “The” author here suggests we (you and your readers) know which one. “...this opinion” or “an interesting opinion” is probably best, unless you want to make the author.
"Cultures are built on deeply-embbedded sets of values,norms, assumptions and believes.
  • I’m not sure if this is your typo or the original author’s: “beliefs” :-)
It can be surprising and sometimes distressing to find that people do not share some of your most deeply held ideas, as most of us take our core values and beliefs for granted and assume they are universally held." I can't help but agree with the fact that SOMETIMES it can be distressing,but all in all the very fact that we're different maskes me revaluate things in life.
  • It’s a very small point, but remember to put a space after your comma.
  • ”All in all” and “the very fact that” are too similar to use together, in my opinion. They make your writing sound a bit “wordy”.
  • Typo! “makes”
It becomes a kind of drive for widening my horizons, and that's what inspires me to live fully. What is your opinion, my friend?

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