Saturday, January 16, 2010

A Short One With More to Come

By Emily

Our journey continues.  After much mussing and false starts we continue on our journey.  We are finding ways to recharge along they way.  Meeting old friends and new.  Huntington Beach was fun, catching up with an old friend and eating lots of delicious vegan food.  It was also expensive. 

It’s interesting how imbedded money is in our society.  The idea of barter is all but lost.  Last night we stayed with a man who we had only met the day before. He was generous and trusting, qualities that we find so rarely it seems.  He was ready and willing to invite us into his home although we had only just met they day before. Many first thoughts upon reading those last few sentences would be “What kind of person invites people into their home and then goes out for the evening leaving the new people in their home unsupervised? He must not be to bright.”  Or “What are you guys thinking staying with someone you don’t know?!”  It’s interesting.  In exchange for a place to stay and a dip in his Jacuzzi, Kevin gave him a guitar lesson this morning.  Mutually beneficial trade.  And money is a way of trade too, we get money for the services we perform and we give that money to others in order to obtain other goods or services.  

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