Have you ever been anywhere that changed your view of the world?

United States
January 27, 2009 12:39am CST
About 5 years ago I was involved with/engaged to a young man who lived in Texas, while I lived in Colorado. He spent a couple of weeks with me in my apartment during our relationship and I spent a couple of weeks with him in Texas. One week at his parents' house and one week in his college dorm room He was attending college in Austin at the time and so we spent a great deal of our time there and I have wanted to go back ever since. I absolutely fell in love with the city and felt more at home there than I had ever felt anywhere in my life. Austin is a huge musician and artists' town and I have a whole plethora of plans for when I get there. I don't care if I'm 60 when it happens! Have you ever been anywhere that had this kind of effect on you?
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@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
Not in the same manner. A couple of years ago during an immersion program for a Theology course, my group was sent to live for a few days with a certain sector of the society - the disabled orphans. They weren't only disabled, they were also orphans! It seems like even their own families didn't want them. It changed my perception of "the poor" - it's not what you don't have materialistically (although they don't any to spare either), but it's the lack of love that you receive from mankind in general. Ever since then, I've never said "it can't be worse than this" - because in some part of the world, it is.
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@ktosea (2026)
• China
27 Jan 09
woo...your story is so moving,they did nothing wrong but God blames,they have my pity.
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@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
I don't really see it as blaming God - actually, it's a religious sector (Non-Government Organization) that takes care of them. The people who love God found so much love that they wanted it to share to people whom they know would never be able to repay them in any possible way. I'd rather blame the government for spending so much on less pressing matters than on the health and welfare of its people - both able and disabled.
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@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
27 Jan 09
Ive never felt it the same way as you, but a totally different way of viewing the world. I visited an old peoples home, old people who were left to the care of others by their children because they were too busy to look after them. One of them said, I raised 3 kids in a 2 room flat, and my children cant keep me with them in a 4 bedroom flat. It broke my heart, seeing the lost look in their eyes. They were sooo happy to have me visit them. Nobdy every visits us, was their lament. The love and affection that they bestowed on me was amazing. And children are losing all this because of their selfishness. I hated them at that moment. It was then that I changed my view of the world. I thought the world was a better place, but after that visit, I feel the world has a lot to change, for the old, neglected and orphans.
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• United States
28 Jan 09
My mother works for Hospice, going into people's homes to care for them. Before that she worked in a nursing home and saw that kind of heartbreaking situation all the time, where families couldn't be bothered to visit their parents/brothers/sisters...whoever it was that was living there. I think that is why she finds the Hospice work so rewarding. The people are terminal but they are, mostly, happy, they are in their home, they are comfortable, and, for the most part, they are either living with their families and those who are not are visited regularly.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
Whenever I'm with Mother Nature, this evokes a positive feelings in me and my view and perception becomes more positive. Nature has a calming effect on me that I could not deny. That's why when I feel so stressed out, I have to go somewhere quiet where I can have a breathe of fresh air and smell the verdant trees and mountains and touch the cool, clear water of springs and brooks. Happy mylotting.
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@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
27 Jan 09
Yes. I visited a guy friend :0(not anything else!) in Utah. I drove around for awhile while he was busy at work. I saw the most beautiful mountain. It was very far in the distance, but it was purple in that light. With a snow capped top. It was quite the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I would love to live in the state, and just worship those mountains... Climbing them might be fun too!
• China
28 Jan 09
I think it's the university that change my view of the world.Actuall it's after the second month.Like many others I met my girl in a common tired politic couse.I was late as usual and just found a seat but when I settle myself I was shockede by the girl around me who was like from the other world ,I mean she's a girl with grace,childish,royal and so on .So after the course I asked her name and her phone number,and invite her to have a dinner of course in our school.She accepted happily .My actions during the dinner showed everybody that I wanna make friedns with her.It was a pleasent dinner after that I sent her to her dorm.I thought evething would be perfect but u know sometimes things just happened that just are out of your control .Uh...I don't wanna continue ,sorry guys.Coz I don't wanna abandon myself to such gloomy mood. And have a nice day!
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