Normally I reserve these for a blog, but this has been on my mind for over a year now. I´ve never been great with words, spelling, or putting things into complete sentences but I will do my best to try here.
One thing that I´ve come to enjoy about hitchhiking around is the time to think. From a ditch in Indiana to the mountains of Wyoming and now the beaches of Acapulco. I really do enjoy just kicking back and relaxing. While doing this I usually day dream or think about things that have happened in days past. One thing that comes across my mind so often is how people don´t seem to care anymore. I hear the words “I don´t care” more often than any other words. I´m not that old, but do remember when people did. Growing up in Negaunee Michigan I remember neighbors knowing neighbors and helping each other out with snow or other small tasks. Now I look at people broke down stranded on the road with nobody stopping to help. People don´t seem to think much about anyone but themselves. When did this happen and why did it happen? The reason I bring this up is because I find myself being found by good caring people all the time when I travel. The small percentage that is left out there seems to be the ticket for the average hitchhiker. Same is true most recently here in Mexico. After spending days with nothing on a concrete bench in a plaza near the beach. One person out of thousands that passed by everyday decided to ask why I was there. I gave as brief as an explanation as I could. This man got me some fresh water and food without even thinking about it. The next day he invited me to stay with his family until I had some money to get an apartment or bus ticket out of town. I stayed and observed his family for just shy of a week. Come to find out, he and his family are struggling pretty badly. They are vendors that make necklaces, bracelets and many other things around the aztec culture. I decided to stay here and spend what money I do have trying to help them get a computer, internet and teach them how to sell and process orders online. Its a family like this that does care. Which I believe is one part of being a good human. I know I´m not perfect, but I do think I must have ended up here for a reason. Wish us all luck and please feel free to pass this page on to a friend or copy and paste blogs in a email. Thank You.
Eric
and Manny Dog
14 Sept. 2009
Xtrmweb.com
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