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Soul Builder 101
Well you know, the whole of India is a bit like a Kumbh Mela. Yes, they drive around 20 times, but we can afford t pay it! And, they only charge people who can, yes?
posted by
Greenfields
on February 6, 2008 at 2:48 AM
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Was this the kumbh mela or a relative? Been to India and seen the dualities! Those rickshaw drivers are real artists....drive you in circles then charge you 20 times the price!! LOL!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on February 5, 2008 at 1:23 PM
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callista22001
Well we all do what we can, and that is a good start. I don't feel guilty about being privileged, and I try to share with those less fortunate than me. I believe this is what I can do. I know it is harder for most people than it seems. In India we have a saying that another persons' wealth and your own intelligence always seems like a lot.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 5, 2008 at 7:28 AM
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I have struggled all my life with being on the winning side, as you call
it. The side where i have been clothed, fed and had a roof. And i wonder why me, i could have been poor in say a country in Africa where you not only was very poor and maybe hungry, but also had to fear for your life because you belong to the wrong tribe. I also wonder if i do enough for others, but now that we are older and on social security, now we are starting to struggle to make ends meet, grant you this is not like being poor in another country, we eat and have a home, i just wonder if we will be able to hang onto it. As long as god grants us good health and we can work we will.
posted by
callista22001
on February 5, 2008 at 7:03 AM
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Re: Loribeth215
yes, exactly
posted by
Loribeth215
on February 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
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sam444, thank you for noticing the warmth.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
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Azur
Thank you for your kind words too. I too feel we need to follow our dreams and not shut them off as we are afraid of what life may hold. I too am surprised and marvel at how people with great disparities live side by side. In India, I am amazed at their lack of resentment and revolt.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM
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Azur
Thank yo fro your kind words too. I agree that we should follow our dreams. We get so risk averse that we shut joy and wonder out of our lives. So, let's hear it for adventures and for noticing and appreciating differences.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM
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TAPS.
so kind of you. You are also a reason I am on Blogit. Many thanks for the heartwarming comment.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM
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ZenMom, so true
and we just have to devise ways of staying sane.
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
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Loribeth215
Yes, and it's amazing that people who make do, do it with such race and at such a cost. Yes?
posted by
Greenfields
on February 4, 2008 at 9:59 PM
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I struggle with contradiction of all kinds. I wanted to say I appreciate the warmth of you posts as well. sam
posted by
sam444
on February 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM
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Greenfields
Your blog is one of my top favourites on Blogit, because it gives a wonderful slice of life. I have not been to India yet. My husband and I once planned it but ended up travelling around the world to get married. Now we wish we went to India first. My husband studied archeology of that part of world but never made it to India.
Because I work quietly at home most of the time, I can't offer the variety of posts that you can, not that any of us is in competition, but mine tend to explore the interior mind. Anyway. a friend of mine, recently split from her husband, his choice, has the opportunity to go back to the UK, or to India with her children. People are shaking their heads and saying she should be sensible. I think it is sensible to follow your dreams a little. We only live once, and she understands about living in foreign countries. Regarding poverty, this is something I used to notice in Hong Kong and London. It always impresses me that communities with great disparities get on as well with each other as they do.
posted by
Azur
on February 4, 2008 at 8:54 PM
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Greenfields
You are one of the examples of why I really like being a part of Blogit. It is a place for all people, from all nations, all cultures, all beliefs. In one evening I can see with the eyes of many bloggers their own countries, the beautiful, the good, the problems, the people. It is so much different from just reading travel blogs written by my own compratriots.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 4, 2008 at 8:39 PM
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I understand what you are saying. I am seeing poverty here in Chicago (I live just outside the city) unlike anything I've previously seen. It can even be seen in more affluent suburbs. The homeless travel from town to town......staying in different "shelters" each night. Looks like, no matter where one goes, there is no escaping it..........Zen
posted by
ZenMom
on February 4, 2008 at 8:24 PM
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Yes
I think that to a lesser extent, the same thing is true in the US. Those that have the resources get help. And those that don't, end up having to make do.
posted by
Loribeth215
on February 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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