"Westerners
arriving in Africa for the first time are always struck by its beauty and size
-- even the sky seems higher. And they often find themselves suddenly
cracked open. They lose inhibitions, feel more alive, more themselves,
and they begin to understand why, until then, they have only half lived. In
Africa the essentials of existence -- light, earth, water, food, birth, family,
love, sickness, death -- are more immediate, more intense. Visitors
suddenly realize what life is for. To risk a huge generalization: {In the
west}, amid our wasteful wealth and time-pressed lives we have lost human
values that still abound in Africa."
-Richard Dowden
beautiful. and so so true :)
ReplyDeleteare you serious right now??
ReplyDeletecan i please have that experience??
what i would give!!!
what a beautiful person you are!