What I've learned...
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Hey, holy shit... been gone from the states for 6 months...You'd think things would have changed a lot for me because I'd been around so much but nothing really has changed..... I still have a wife who loves me dearly and whom I love back dearly... what more could a man ask for than that?
Nothing in truth. You will evaluate life a lot more when you are away from it for a while. I've spent 6 months away from all but those 240 or so people on my ship. I've learned to say that those who are there for you at home are those that matter most to you. My wife feels she didn't support me enough while I was away but that's not true. I don't doubt her feeling she could do more but when I was out there any word that said even "hi" was something that could light up my day.
Yeah I get to travel the world, see things that most people don't get to see unless they pay... I saw kids sleeping in a gutter while wearing rags... I saw so many homeless, and emaciated people I can't put it into words... What I think we have most all forgotten about is how well even our POOR live in the US... I've been to a lot of places in the US and I've yet to see nearly as many homeless or such people in the WHOLE US than I did in any 1 of the cities in South America... Even the capitals had a good stint of homeless.
Don't get me wrong.. I did see a LOT of beautiful sights, such as the Straits of Magellan, the English channel, and of course my wife walking up to the hotel room... As great as these things are I still do reflect on what I've seen and learned...
Though I do take this with a grain of salt.... I may have just ignored all the homeless before having gone south of the border... It's a sad revelation to me but one that might just be true. It's something you don't normally see in 'yourself' but would easily see in others... I guess I can see that line working...
It's one of those sad things... something you don't realise until it smacks you in the face. I've lived such a privilaged life. And I DON'T come from anything resembling a rich family... yet we've never had to rely on food stamps, never lived out of a car, never lived on a day to day basis even....
It has all made me realise how spoiled I am....
Nothing in truth. You will evaluate life a lot more when you are away from it for a while. I've spent 6 months away from all but those 240 or so people on my ship. I've learned to say that those who are there for you at home are those that matter most to you. My wife feels she didn't support me enough while I was away but that's not true. I don't doubt her feeling she could do more but when I was out there any word that said even "hi" was something that could light up my day.
Yeah I get to travel the world, see things that most people don't get to see unless they pay... I saw kids sleeping in a gutter while wearing rags... I saw so many homeless, and emaciated people I can't put it into words... What I think we have most all forgotten about is how well even our POOR live in the US... I've been to a lot of places in the US and I've yet to see nearly as many homeless or such people in the WHOLE US than I did in any 1 of the cities in South America... Even the capitals had a good stint of homeless.
Don't get me wrong.. I did see a LOT of beautiful sights, such as the Straits of Magellan, the English channel, and of course my wife walking up to the hotel room... As great as these things are I still do reflect on what I've seen and learned...
Though I do take this with a grain of salt.... I may have just ignored all the homeless before having gone south of the border... It's a sad revelation to me but one that might just be true. It's something you don't normally see in 'yourself' but would easily see in others... I guess I can see that line working...
It's one of those sad things... something you don't realise until it smacks you in the face. I've lived such a privilaged life. And I DON'T come from anything resembling a rich family... yet we've never had to rely on food stamps, never lived out of a car, never lived on a day to day basis even....
It has all made me realise how spoiled I am....