12. Good
afternoon. Good morning, good night, wherever
you live, greetings. I did say I’ll work
on posting often. So, I have a new
caregiver at night. Although,
unfortunately, that isn’t uncommon, this scenario is different. The head calls me and says, “How’s your
Spanish?”
“Es
ist nicht so gut.” BTW, yeah, that’s not
Spanish. I took German in der
Schule. He said the caregiver goes
everywhere, and they just love her-understanding Spanish or not. He told her the run down and sent her over.
I know
Jason posted about her putting Vagisil on my toothbrush… Yeah, I don’t know much,
she doesn’t know much, but it’s getting better.
BTW, I caught that before putting it in my mouth.
However,
that got me thinking: perhaps the number one problem with most human beings is
simply, we can’t understand each other.
Think
about it. Whether it’s a language
barrier, a mental wall, whatever is blocking us, isn’t that why arguments
start? How many battles-wars-could’ve
been prevented if this guy understood that guy?
I think a lot of it starts with language. I’m using my Google translate when she comes,
which is every night.
I know
there’re a thousand different languages out there-it’d be impossible to learn
all of them. However, I encourage you
guys to look on the internet or pick up a book or whatever and even just glance
at it. Now, I know, if you’re like me,
you’re going, “Why do I need to learn ___ when I live in ___?” Yeah, I do say that, because here’s the
thing. If I went to Italy, I’d
(eventually) be expected to know Italian without assistance. If I went to Germany, same thing. France, India, yep, there, too. So, why learn Mexican because there’re a ton
of Mexicans in Texas? Are they trying to
learn English? I hope so. But it’s all about compassion towards others.
Speaking
about my caregiver and myself, I don’t know why she doesn’t know English, but I
can see she is now trying. Maybe my
cases are extreme, but think of this for a sec.
You wake up, not where you fell asleep-you’re somehow in a different
country, and nobody understands you. How
do you eat, where do you sleep, who would be your friend, how do you pay for
anything? The list goes on.
I think
Christopher Lee spoke 6 or 7 languages.
Can we try to speak 2? Like I said,
I know some German. Maybe there aren’t
twenty million Germans in Texas-I could look at a Mexican book, but let’s break
down these barriers once and for all.
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