Jet_Driver
"There I was...."
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- May 5, 2005
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Bongo said:I spent a year down in Haiti. In some ways it was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been. The people there have nothing, but what little they have, they give it all. Un-employment down there is around the 75% level, education is almost non-existant, and living to see the end of the day is a big accomplishment. I have been stuck in barricades, felt the sting of tear gas more than once, drank some of the best beer ever for 68 cents Canadian, watched our company airplane get hi-jacked by the police and flown at 10 feet over the water.
Would I trade it for anything, nope. Would I go back if someone offered another contract, probably. Do I think I'm a better person for it? I'm still undecided about that. After a while the poverty and destitude doesn't register on your conscious thought. That's the way it has always been, and that's the way that it will continue to be. The country was built on bloodshed, and will continue to thrive on bloodshed.
Sorry to derail the thread, but it looks like it was already heading in that direction at full speed.
--Bongo
Here is someone who knows what I'm talking about. There are people who have life a lot more difficult than we do. Bongo made my point very clear. No matter how bad your day was, someone always has it worse.
I was in Haiti twice and saw a lot of good, and a lot of bad. It is a very difficult place for a materialistic American to visit. In some ways there were ways of life in Haiti I could take back with me, but there was plenty I was ready to leave behind. I learned that Americans complain over the dumbest things. We've got it good.
Thanks Bongo for sharing. I think you are a better person for it.
J_D