it's so important to live a simple life
I came to Taiwan two days ago only to realize all the things I had in America that I took for granted, that I no longer have here. my mom warned me about not being able to breathe, feeling boxed in all of the time, being around so many people and things and smells.
Ariel asked me if I'd given any thought to the fun I'd have here ; 來台灣有什麼好玩的。but I am here to study, not to vacation. and that is the biggest difference I need to acknowledge before I begin my life here. not as a tourist, not as "the american girl", not as an outsider, but one of. I cannot be frivolous or want much, because I don't have a lot of space or a lot of living room here. living simple is the key, the secret, to surviving as a 台灣人。
freedom: one of those things you never acknowledge until it's gone
"live simply, so that others may simply live." — Mahatma Gandhi
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