Simple Pleasures

It has been 20 days since I stepped foot into Africa. A continent that so many of us are fearful of. Fear of the unknown, the undiscovered, the unexplored. The truth is there is nothing in the life of its people that is any different than that of our metropolitan lives. Just as us they too have families and children and loved ones. They too have fears and sorrows. They too have celebrations and joyful moments. They too strive to succeed in life and to progress. However our fundamental difference is that they still see the joy and happiness in the small things while we have forgone that pleasure a very long time ago as a price to a modern and materialistic lifestyle. I am not one to question the right or wrong of this exchange, for I take every pleasure in the use of all of my gadgets and electronics during my stay, but I wonder if maybe we could one day have a little of both these worlds and finally be content.