Thoughts From the Bar

What did I take from this? I ask myself as i sit here in a booth at the Wilde Rover. Its so loud in here i can barely hear myself think. I have a familiar but completely different take on what's important in life. As I look around and see everyone worried about who they're going home with tonight or how they can impress the guy/girl they came with. Conversations about how they can make more money or gain "financial freedom." I can't help but think about the people of Haiti and how happy they are with how little they have. Community and friendship, that's what is most important in life. Material things seems so pointless. You'll gain what you want eventually then you'll move on to the next thing. Seeking new things to make you "happy" when these people find just as much happiness, no, more, when they have so much less. I guess I've always known this in the back of my mind, it just took a trip to another countrt to realize it was true.