I had this weird question this morning: what would I miss if I were ‘torn’ away from ‘home’?
I would miss playing Freecell. Maybe I would miss my first cup of tea in the morning. I would miss writing an article. I would miss talking to you.
Citizen Kane missed being young. Sliding down the hill on his sled… the rush of the slide, the freedom of winter, the yelling…
When I look back, leaving a country is a lot like that.
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I used to know this guy, a chiropractor, who had a son with a wife he divorced.
He charged little for his sessions, made all his money in cash, all to avoid paying child support. He could not stand the idea that much of his work went to his ex wife.
When the boy was 16, he came to live with his father… and miracle of miracles, the father started to look how to get rich, how to make more money.
If you are successful you have to give back? Why? What? How?
He preferred to have nothing to having something to give…
