Three Things Thursday...

So I am blogging from Dominica, about 1600 miles from home...
Here is my Three Things Thursday!

One - what I have discovered - an amazing respect for the life one leads in an undeveloped third world country. Simple isn't the word. Nothing about the lives lived here by "average" citizens is simple. They have to work for everything. There is no tv, ac, radio, running water or electricity in the majority of houses (and I use the term houses loosely). This island is so clean, even though most residents live far below what we at home would consider the poverty line. Family is important and children grow up fast. Think of a 3 and 5 year old walking to school along the edge of a road unchaperoned, if that happened at home, the parents would be in jail. Animals are lucky to be born healthy and are mostly left to heal with on their own with any injury they might get. Strangers are not all bad, in fact, most here I have come across are more than happy to lend a hand for nothing more than the human interaction and a smile.

Two - what I love - waking up to a fanscinating sunrise and only the sounds of nature. Running through the streets and hearing nothing but the sound of my own steps and the hello's of those I pass by. How it can rain one minute (literally) and then everything is dry the next. The beauty of nature, untouched by man, and how it gives me goosebumps to think I might have been the first person to set foot on that very spot of land.

Three - what I miss - I miss my family and friends. I miss waking up to my two fur kids snuggled in my bed. I miss being able to have ice whenever I want it. I miss peanut butter and popcorn and green olives.

Still, I think I have found this to be the best and most rewarding trip so far for me.
More later, the plunge pool is calling...

Run safe, run happy!
-d