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THE AMERICAN DREAM – A PARABLE

By Camille, on October 30th, 2004

I would like to share this fable with you. It is one of those stories that made the email rounds a few years ago.

The American Dream……

An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin [...]

RUN AWAY!

By Camille, on October 30th, 2004

Never stay anywhere you don’t feel at home

This piece of cheap art has always graced our front doorway. It is a reminder that when we get the impulse to run, we should act on it.

I’m sure you can tell by the direction this blog has taken that we have been getting itchy feet. When you [...]

ON THE OTHER HAND . . .

By Camille, on October 21st, 2004

Bhutan builds “happiness” into the center of its development strategy

Not all countries measure their success in terms of gross national product. This article, titled “A Wealth of Happiness” from The Wall Street Journal describes an alternative:

Despite Bhutan being among the poorest nations in the world, almost all of its scholarship students studying overseas return home [...]