http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-11061 US Travel Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:59:59 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=4144#comment-11061 I've been thinking a lot of "western" and "eastern" culture/society/people/mentalities (etc). I think they each have pros and cons. I was born, raised and have only lived within America but I'm not so closed minded that I automatically shun anything not of the "west". I’ve been thinking a lot of “western” and “eastern” culture/society/people/mentalities (etc). I think they each have pros and cons. I was born, raised and have only lived within America but I’m not so closed minded that I automatically shun anything not of the “west”.

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-10978 Susan Fox Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:19:56 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=4144#comment-10978 Getting to step out of one's culture is one of the things that makes travel so wonderful. Getting to step out of one’s culture is one of the things that makes travel so wonderful.

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-10951 Miss Expatria Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:10:57 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=4144#comment-10951 It should read, "Culture is the sea we swim in... so stop peeing in it." It should read, “Culture is the sea we swim in… so stop peeing in it.”

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-10949 Christine Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:51:56 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=4144#comment-10949 Yes, and stepping out of our culture, can help us see ourselves as grateful. ‘...most Americans born after World War Two have been encouraged to believe we can have everything. Of course, this sets us up for misery. If happiness depends on the ratio of fulfilled desires to total desires, no person whose desires are infinite can be satisfied. In fact long ago Tolstoy defined wealth as, "the number of things on can do without."...The opposite of yearning is savoring the exquisite now....We yearn to stop time, to make our lives an endless Indian summer. But the message of autumn is to accept what is given."’—Mary Pipher (2003), Letters to a Young Therapist. Yes, and stepping out of our culture, can help us see ourselves as grateful. ‘…most Americans born after World War Two have been encouraged to believe we can have everything. Of course, this sets us up for misery. If happiness depends on the ratio of fulfilled desires to total desires, no person whose desires are infinite can be satisfied. In fact long ago Tolstoy defined wealth as, “the number of things on can do without.”…The opposite of yearning is savoring the exquisite now….We yearn to stop time, to make our lives an endless Indian summer. But the message of autumn is to accept what is given.”’—Mary Pipher (2003), Letters to a Young Therapist.

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/our-own-culture-is-easy-to-overlook-until-we-step-out-of-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-10937 Nabeel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:20:25 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=4144#comment-10937 Right said Right said

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