tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post8975686742304127679..comments2024-02-23T02:48:33.276-06:00Comments on BABSBLOG: Contentment...........and other things this week!Babshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-88517434784634915482012-05-11T10:01:16.719-05:002012-05-11T10:01:16.719-05:00Interesting. My best friend here lived in Haiti f...Interesting. My best friend here lived in Haiti for 18 years. She is one of the most accepting and kind people I've ever known. Maybe that is why. She didn't leave until a year after "democracy" was established by the US and the country went to hell, thanks to he US intervention........boy, can she tell experiences....Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-10992181372020030322012-05-11T08:48:30.322-05:002012-05-11T08:48:30.322-05:00I visited Haiti a couple of times during the not-s...I visited Haiti a couple of times during the not-so-good days and for reasons I still can't understand I fell in love with the country and its people. I think it may have been the experience of seeing folks living and getting along in conditions most of us would consider intolerable. I don't know if it was contentment, resignation or acceptance but it changed the way I look at things. <br /><br />alalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-64000744516538890862012-05-11T07:27:34.429-05:002012-05-11T07:27:34.429-05:00Well thanks Carlos. I try to be positive, sometim...Well thanks Carlos. I try to be positive, sometimes when I'm grumpy, I just stay home. ha.......Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-72626361200009758912012-05-10T22:01:25.251-05:002012-05-10T22:01:25.251-05:00Babs, I think you would be happy in most places be...Babs, I think you would be happy in most places because it's not the place but the way people "understand" life. Of course, a nice city, town, helps too.Carlos Ponce-Meléndezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776876483806253886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-42549951218117432322012-05-10T18:44:34.406-05:002012-05-10T18:44:34.406-05:00Always Belinda.......always
Dan, my pleasure. R ...Always Belinda.......always<br /><br />Dan, my pleasure. R U and your wife coming down this summer? Hope so.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-78000932721640015162012-05-10T18:41:44.911-05:002012-05-10T18:41:44.911-05:00Babs, ALL my time in SMA is fantastic! But like yo...Babs, ALL my time in SMA is fantastic! But like you, I find the evening, especially when there is a lightning storm out in the campos, near the mountains, absolutely wonderful. A beautiful end to a fantastic day, and the air is charged with the promise of an even better day to come! Thanks for your images and commentary!<br />Dan in NCDan in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863090182812197749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-91596151234802835712012-05-10T16:28:48.658-05:002012-05-10T16:28:48.658-05:00It is obviously karma Babs that this is your reimb...It is obviously karma Babs that this is your reimbursement for a life well lived and people well loved.Or maybe you have some lessons to learn in SM that are yours and yours alone. Either way keep looking up at the sunset in heath and happiness.<br />Belinda xBELINDA KLEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511071105532615071noreply@blogger.com