The simplicity of India really starts to make you rethink things. At work, when they cut the grass, a man literally sits cross legged on the grass with a sickle & cuts handfuls of grass. It's amazing, they have so much technology at their fingertips, but somethings just don't change. And the more you look at things, the more you realize they don't live survival of the fittest, just survival. If they used a lawnmower, he wouldn't have a full time job. Many of the things they keep simple really preserve jobs for the lower income society.
It's kind of the same thing with the wild dogs. At first you look at them and feel bad. They don't have a warm place to sleep at night & who takes care of them? But as you watch them, they live like a pack. They find food & they're free to roam where ever they want. The more you look at watch them, you start to feel worse for the dogs that ARE pets, chained outside of a house, not able to play with all the other dogs. It's just different here, & when you just sit back & observe, see it all fall into place.
Personally, it makes me feel very silly for being materialistic... (not that I even really am!) I see them want something & it makes me want to give it to them! Why do I need this wallet when I have 5 others at home... stuff like that. So far this has definatly been an interesting trip.. I can't wait to see what else India has instore for me!!
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Come on now..don't go getting all sorts of depressed about the how's & why's out there. That is their way of life, and that is the only way they know.
That is what makes traveling so interesting. Seeing how other people live.
But, by traveling around, does make one really appreciate what they do have, right?
Sam! Let's take a family trip there. Haha, or a girl's trip. I'm so jealous that you're in such a wonderful part of the world. I would love to visit India at least once in my life. I hope you're haivng a great time. I'll be helping Paul move this weekend, I'm sure he'll tell me more about your trip haha. Stay safe!
I felt the same way. I came home and there is not a single day since then that I don't think about India, and how much we have, and how fortunate we are. Somehow I can't just accept that people are born to different "places" and thats that. Sometimes I am torn between wanting to live simply like they do and giving it all up, or maybe finding a way to help-what can we do? Embrace it or change it? I don't know. We come back home after time there but we will never be the same, I think. And I want to go back.
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