As I've mentioned before, people here in Tanzania are extremely nice! And it's so genuine. Everyone is always smiling and saying Karibu (Welcome) - you get a very warm feeling. I see them and wish that I could be so happy and cheerful ALL the time. So I started wondering what it is that makes them this way?
As I've been meeting people for work, the one thing that more than one person said was that overall people are very content here and they only strive enough to survive. So for example if a farmer needs 10 bags of maize for him and his family to survive for the year, he will grow that much and sit back. (There are obviously always exceptions). Then I started thinking if not having competition and ambition is the secret to happiness.
When I went to UK earlier, I went to a small town about 2 hours outside London called Wolverhampton. I met some of the nicest people as well. Small town people who were very content and happy with their life. And you could tell they were genuinely happy. Again, you got such a warm welcoming feeling from them. It was such a great change from being in Mumbai - where sometimes finding that warmth is difficult (as it is in many big cities).
So does happiness lie in simplicity? Simplicity in the way one lives and in what one strives for?
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I honestly believe that is the case. Its soo much more common for the poorest of people to spark a smile. Maybe because it costs nothing or maybe because its all that they have. More money ony causes more want and reduces the chances of being contented.
Rahul... Ya I'm starting to think that too... in some ways we're so lucky yet so unlucky...
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