"Aaah, my White Wine is so warm, please change it! " - A woman on a cafe on my town.
"I only got 14.000 kronor (US$ 2000) this month from my Union, that's an embarresment for this system, I used to get 25% more last year!" - A random guy that I was walking behind on the streets of Stockholm.
"I can't wear this t-shirt it has some spots on 'em" - A girl in my local H6M store.
As you can see, living and breathing the Ugandan culture for almost 9 weeks, puts a strain on your ability to cope with spoiled Westerners, once you're back home in Sweden and the "cultivated and civilized world"
Well, in my mind the people in the West are the most unhappy and unsatisfied people on mother Earth. I'm really having a hard time listening to all the uncontent people that really live a luxorious life here in Europe. While the Ugadans might not have the same standard of living,as a Bubulo-villager told me:
"You Western people worry to much of the future, that makes you dead in the present time! You never really enjoy living your life in the present do you? You always live in the future. You have allot to learn from us...when it comes to enjoying the everyday life! "
I agree 100% with the villager...
We're too focused on creating a career, and the strife to always "have more" that we neglect the fact that we're actually living now and not the next week, next year...we do have something that the Africans can teach us, appriciation and actually enjoying the present!
Guees this will be my last blogg chapter for my African blogg, the next will probably be emreinsweden.blogspot.com
C ya'll !
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2 comments:
Well spoken, my friend!
Exactly these same thoughts have crossed my mind a few times...unfortunately I´m not very good at living in the present either. Guess I´ll have to work on that! ;-)
Whereabouts in Sweden are you located now? We should have a coffee, beer or something!
fint.
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