^ I was thinking about how easily people are throwing around the word "troll" lately. It's kind of as annoying as the accused "troll".
Anyways, I'm truely thankful for recently visiting a disgustingly poor country. It really, really put things into perspective for me.
I live in a craphole. I really do. A large part of the roof above my living room and an even larger portion of the ceiling of my living room caved in about a month ago and by looking up you were able to see the blue sky above. It was like that for a while, and eventually got patched up.
The hardwood floors have about 10% of the original varnish left. The basement has nasty carpet (from the 1960s I'm sure) and the laundry room is basically a poorly carved out bomb shelter. The walls are all scratched/banged up, and don't even get me started on the kitchen or bathroom! However, it's the best I can do, as a student.
I have a home. I am going to school. I have clothes. I have food to eat (most weeks - I've been previously scraping money for that trip), I had enough money to leave my country and visit others, and I have financial support.
There is so much that I have, that so many others don't. I'm not trying to take away your right to be upset or complain, I just have such a different perspective on life because of this little trip.
I'm thankful I don't live in one of these:
which are extremely typical of the country I am referring to. These, are actually a lot larger and more advanced than a lot that I saw (these actually have doors and all walls).
I'm not trying to be preachy, but now whenever I pity myself for my living conditions, I will have real memories of real people who live with what they have, and may wish for more, but they make it work.
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