Sunday, October 4, 2015

Life is a trip, not a destination.

Life is a Trip Book, by Judith Fein
The book "Life is a trip" is a great collection of essays that shows that travel can transform people, and also that travel can cause so much joy or pain to a person. The purpose of this book, for me, is to establish that life is a journey and not a destination.  I really enjoy chapter 5. In this chapter she describes her journey in Vietnam. As she is telling that story, we can feel and imagine all of her pass through this experience.

She start this chapter telling that if you want or have a body to be fitted, you must have to be in Vietnam. She express that there is some places that you have to visit to do not feel like a tourist. You must visit the frequent local places and as she said, you will remember and talk about it all of your life.

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Why she put that name to this section? Searching for forgiveness? Does Vietnam needs to be forgive? Or is the America? America killed so many innocent people that she express that she hated anything that refers to America after the war. She came back to Vietnam searching for answers. She wanted to know what happened after the war. She was very surprised because Vietnam forgot wat America did  and since that moment, "Americans were welcomed". They have chosen forgiveness over furry. Definitely, Vietnam demonstrates stronghold over America.

To the writer of this book, this is a real learning. She was very mad and have furry with all the persons that made her cry because of her job or something. Vietnam shows to her that life must go on and that people does not need to be filled with anger. She express that Vietnam inspired her and reminded her that she must go on. Sometimes crying is the best way to clear our heart but after we clean our tears, we must learn that life is only one and that you must forget what happened to you and continue living. The author of this book understands that and she is very thankful to the people of Vietnam that teach her this beautiful lesson.

To know a little bit more of Judith Fein, author of "Life is a trip", visit: http://www.globaladventure.us/judithfein/aboutjudith.html
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 10, 2015 at 9:54 PM

    I agree with you, you can really imagine her past in the way she realized all the bad things that happened in the war. It is sad what people are forced to do for ones country even though you don't feel that it is right. But I was shocked when I read the the vietnamese forgive the Americans, but like you, that teach us a lesson.

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  2. Life's a climbOctober 17, 2015 at 11:44 AM

    I feel the same way as you. It is amazing I we should learn from Vietnam to let go and forgive the people who hurt us. I think that's one of the hardest things in life.

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  3. UnknownOctober 27, 2015 at 7:01 PM

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  4. UnknownOctober 27, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    The composition on this post seems really interesting to me. I like how you use questions to guide what you're writting about and agree with most of what you say here.

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