My husband and I both quit our jobs for our wedding anniversary and decided to travel for a year. It was a great trip and we met some wonderful people, witnessed extreme poverty and obscene wealth sometimes in the same day.
Although some things we seen were very disturbing for us it really opened our eyes on how fortunate we are for small things we take for granted every day.
We met a number of locals and not once did the conversation of wealth or poverty come up. We talked about family, friends, education system, what they liked about their city or town or any travel experiences they've had. What was day to day life like? Some people we met had never been inside a school as they had to help with the family. They were not embarrassed about this, it was just a fact they did what they had to do for the family. Although we appeared wealthy in terms of items we could afford to buy so many people we met taught us another meaning of wealth which was something we could never buy.
Remember - your mind is like a parachute, best used when open.
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