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What I Learned in the Happiest Kingdom on Earth
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Oct 02, 2012Pisinga rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
From the point of view of journalism - the book is written intelligently and competently. Not quite agree with the opinion that the arrival of so-called civilization to distant places, always brings with it the destruction of its uniqueness. This is life and such is the history of mankind. It's nice to advocating of the poetic beauty of the wilderness, but when you live in it, without ordinary household amenities - you wouldn't so admire it. No wonder, many Bhutanese dream to go to America. And concerning a search of meaning of the life (in this case - author's life) - it's a little bit late for her age to coming finally to the conclusion that there is no corner in this earth where everything is all well, an utopian place where the soul knows what it wants, and to coming to the conclusion that happiness is not in the accumulation of wealth, nor in the conventional view of things, nor in the realization of a woman as a mother and wife, who creates a happy family with children and a husband, who gather around the table during the holidays to consume festive meals with healthy happy smiles (as food commercials). It has long been clear that the happiness and satisfaction is in the present moment of life and in that what was given to you by God and destiny. And to understand this you don't have to go to Bhutan or to some where else, far from home.