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You have a very open and positive attitude here. It is this kind of attitude that all of us in this world should possess which I believe can make us live peacefully without suspicion and war.
posted by
RobertMadang
on October 31, 2007 at 3:53 AM
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I see things like you do, and I love to read your stories.
I wish I lived closer to you dammit! :( Diversity is one of my favorite things. The woman who cuts my hair is Vietnamese, as are all the women in the salon (it's owned by a Vietnamese woman). She's SO beautiful it's crazy. When I get my hair cut, I get to hear stories about what it was like to grow up in Vietnam, their culture, how it was to move to the United States and what parts of their culture they kept and what parts they left behind. They told me how bad it was living in Vietnam after the war (some are a little older than me, some just enough to remember being young girls there), and how there were no jobs so their families left... but how much they respected our military. I didn't even know that there was no longer a North and South Vietnam.... that it was all one country... how sad is that? It's so fun to go there, I love to learn from them. I used to work with lots of people from the Philippines and from Samoa, it was great to hear about their lives there, try new food they would bring... it's the next best thing to traveling. Isaac's math teacher is Muslim, and one of the nicest ladies and most professional teachers ever. I'm SO happy because of all the negative references to Muslim people in the media, now he has this kind and patient and lovely math teacher who is Muslim, the only Muslim teacher in his school (well, the only female who wears a hijab), and he will have a positive experience rather than all the negative references from the war and his brother (who, understandably, is not fond of people who tried to kill him and lumps them all into one category... I see that with people from Vietnam, too ... I wish it was different, but there's nothing I can do). I've learned so much from the people I've met from Sudan, Ireland, South Africa, and those above, it's exciting. Maybe I will do what you do one day.
posted by
Temple
on October 29, 2007 at 3:44 PM
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Interesting.
posted by
WindTapper
on October 28, 2007 at 8:35 PM
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I'll post a note about "seizing the nettle firmly".
posted by
majroj
on September 29, 2007 at 10:18 PM
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maj, from now on when nettles prick, I shall visualize the whole bouquet.
posted by
benzinha
on September 29, 2007 at 6:44 AM
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Azur, I wish I could write that I used to run away to Turkey. But, yes,
foreign travel is best for making body and soul rejoin.
Civilization ain't all it's cracked up to be, somedays.
Thanks for writing.
posted by
benzinha
on September 29, 2007 at 6:43 AM
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thanks Whacky. I think that it is a good idea.
Rather than complain about refugees not assimilating, but staying separate and 'foreign', let's teach them our wild and whacky American ways, no?
posted by
benzinha
on September 29, 2007 at 6:36 AM
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Each culture is a field bouquet...flowers, weeds and nettles.
posted by
majroj
on September 27, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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I think they are a fortunate family
to have met a grandmother such as you. Fascinating the way they are relaxed over things that make us run around like headless chickens. I used to like going to Turkey for this reason as it made a change from the nanny state. Sometimes we fuss too much. Loved this post. Good message. Worth doing.
posted by
Azur
on September 26, 2007 at 5:12 PM
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That's a very good idea!
Roses
from me and Bo =^..^= the wonder dog!
posted by
Whacky
on September 25, 2007 at 9:12 PM
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