Karin wrote:
This is such a fantastic book and is so amazing in the fact that it was written in 1939 and so much of it, especially politically holds true today. If you read this blog I implore you to get a copy and read it.
That being said, I have to give you my favorite quote from it.
"We do not know whether Mexicans are happier than we; it is probable that they are exactly as happy. However, we do know that the channels of their happiness or unhappiness are different from ours, just as their time sense is different. We can invade neither, but it is some gain simply to know that it is so."
Joe and I from the beginning of our journey have always found that the people we most relate with are the Pangeros (fishermen) they are hard working, fun loving, rough around the edges, but kind and family oriented people. Much like the family we left behind at Skydive Arizona. Through our poor Spanish we have been welcomed by them to their towns and they have guarded our dingy and given us fish, taken us to town for fuel and have been the reason we both question our leaving Mexico.
This is such a fantastic book and is so amazing in the fact that it was written in 1939 and so much of it, especially politically holds true today. If you read this blog I implore you to get a copy and read it.
That being said, I have to give you my favorite quote from it.
"We do not know whether Mexicans are happier than we; it is probable that they are exactly as happy. However, we do know that the channels of their happiness or unhappiness are different from ours, just as their time sense is different. We can invade neither, but it is some gain simply to know that it is so."
Joe and I from the beginning of our journey have always found that the people we most relate with are the Pangeros (fishermen) they are hard working, fun loving, rough around the edges, but kind and family oriented people. Much like the family we left behind at Skydive Arizona. Through our poor Spanish we have been welcomed by them to their towns and they have guarded our dingy and given us fish, taken us to town for fuel and have been the reason we both question our leaving Mexico.
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