Insular attitude is just not the right way to approach life unless you want your life to be boring and full of monotony. To open up and to see yourself as only a speck in a world that is populated by billions of people makes you realize that there is more out there than what's only around you. Life should be progressive, and it should be. To assimilate, to adapt, to learn, to be curious. It is what makes life much more exciting. Too many people are so focused only on themselves, on their neighborhood, on their country, on their own circle of friends. Life is so much richer if you go out of your own comfort zone, out of your fears.