I’ve only learned this recently.
I’ll make a short example, and possibly this example willn’t resonate with your own past experiences, but as for my own, I found a great discovery.
A friend of mine has been feeling unwell; it’s been two weeks now, and the sickness is riding up into his mind, feeding itself and torturing him in the process.
I worry,
As one does,
And so I offer a soup.
“It’s not a trouble,” but we have only known one another for one month now, and maybe this offer will come off as too much work of my own, and there will be a rejection of my offer, even though sickness is plaguing his mind and torturing him in the process.
In the past, I’ve found that people tend to decline offers in an attempt to save the offering individual the trouble.
The misconception is that if I am to present an offer, it is certainly not a burden to fulfill it.
My friend, the one who is withering with illness, accepts my offering of soup with a sympathetic notion of gratefulness and immediate acceptance.
I have been caught off guard by this immediate acceptance, but I can’t help but feel enthusiastic about my soup and the time it will take to prepare.
I will not make the consensus that all Americans uphold a dismissive nature to offerings, but possibly we should encourage the acceptance of an offer, as I have said, it is not a burden, and it is not a shame to accept a hand of help.
We’re here to offer each other time, services, and encouragement, and why shouldn’t we accept this?
2. Language is not a barrier but an opportunity;
To express oneself more fluently, even if you do not comprehend the spoken language.
Languages are meant to be spoken; there is no difference in the language if
You can converse about the grand scheme of Charles Ponzi in it
Or if you can only order a coffee and are still confused about how to ask for sugar.
The language is there to be spoken, and while you may feel as if they do not understand what you’re saying,
( They may not ) That is more than acceptable.
With the inability to express exact feelings, research on how to express them will follow.
This is the process of learning.
3. There is no orderly fashion to the consumption of food;
Naturally, what you eat is based on what is offered where you reside.
I’ve found comfort in eating my croissant aux amandes with a bitter cappuccino at the crack of dawn,
No shame is found in my expression.
Once I return home, I will lack my croissant aux amandes (Not the cappuccino, never the cappuccino ). So I will be content with my lack of breath due to the mishap the croissants have brought me until I return to my homeland.
Furthermore, I do not believe anyone eats more duck ( canard ) than the French.
That is an assumption,
But I have not assumed the teachings that have been placed upon me throughout my time
In the land of the Ch’ti.