Talk to your elders.
My grandpa has the coolest stories to tell, but as with most of the discussions going on in this family, they're about history, politics and people, not so much about the goings on in his life.
So it figures that a story about a ladybug who apparently survived 4 days in our fridge, perched on some grapes, then got washed in the sink when grandpa tried to eat them and finally got rescued half an hour ago, only to find herself on our kitchen window, on a dark, stormy night, has turned in a rant about the crappy way our politicians treat us, the way they sold everything in this country and how we probably can't do anything about it. This, in turn, brought thoughts on the beginnings of communism, Ceausescu's goal for the last 20 years of his 'reign' and how different parts of this land have people so different from each other. Goes to show that history does indeed have a say in the development of one's people and its attitude when dealing with the outside world. And the one inside.
Talk to your elders before it's too late. You might think you know everything about a given subject, but there's nothing like first hand experience. And you never know when they'll be gone for good and you'll regret the days when no words were spoken.
So it figures that a story about a ladybug who apparently survived 4 days in our fridge, perched on some grapes, then got washed in the sink when grandpa tried to eat them and finally got rescued half an hour ago, only to find herself on our kitchen window, on a dark, stormy night, has turned in a rant about the crappy way our politicians treat us, the way they sold everything in this country and how we probably can't do anything about it. This, in turn, brought thoughts on the beginnings of communism, Ceausescu's goal for the last 20 years of his 'reign' and how different parts of this land have people so different from each other. Goes to show that history does indeed have a say in the development of one's people and its attitude when dealing with the outside world. And the one inside.
Talk to your elders before it's too late. You might think you know everything about a given subject, but there's nothing like first hand experience. And you never know when they'll be gone for good and you'll regret the days when no words were spoken.