People can travel throughout all corners of the world, eat eight different types of hummus, bow to various elders, take beautiful photographs and study for years on end; and some still don’t get life. They overlook the fact that there is more to life than materials and self recognition. There is more to life than the brand of your shirt. There is more to life than seeing the Eiffel Tower. The amount of souvenirs you bought should not classify how good or bad of a vacation you took.
Ask yourself a couple of questions: how many people did you go out of your way to talk to? How many people did you give a raunchy attitude too? How many people did you get irritated at because they couldn’t speak English? How many hotel operators did you cuss out because your perfect little Americanized room half way across the world wasn’t absolutely perfect as you compared it to what you were used to. Seriously, live a little. Let something dissimilar say hi to you every once in a while in life. Be willing to allow a little room for a good story. Either learn to be flexible or learn to be disappointed with life.
People that live just to complain; please don’t ever come sit by me. And it’s not because I am not a good listener. It’s because I can not relate to what you are saying. Yes, I have had bad experiences and yes, some things that happen in the life of travel do suck. But that is what makes the good times just that much better. I have hit those lows. So when the highs are in full swing, I can sit back and breathe and know that at that very moment, life is good.
-From Starla Skelton; Dedicated to the Jan 2009 Guatemala trip; Thank you guys for being such an awesome group of people and for taking the time to "get" life!!
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