India: Play
As I was leaving work today my friend said to me, “you’ve always sort of reveled in Austin as this wonderful little playground. Has your experience in India changed how you see that? I guess what I’m asking is, are you experiencing white guilt?”
I think if anything I am re-affirmed in my belief that play is the highest form of human achievement. Play is all you have left when you are going hungry and everything’s been taken from you. It’s what gives us dignity, and hope, and makes life worth living.
My perspective shift has more to do with things that are not play. There are so many things that people take seriously, that cause them to worry, panic, or become irritated or furious, and none of them include having a roof, food, living parent or basic freedom. As a wise banner borne by clowns once read, “Life is too Important to be taken Seriously”.
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