UnEvEn GrOUnd

Yesterday, I realized how I have always taken for granted the ability to walk down a street aimlessly looking at my cell phone, talking to the friend next to me, looking at the sky, and whatever else I could do before actually paying attention to whats below me. It all happened after I almost fell down a man hole last night because the cover had miraculously disappeared and I was in the middle of an important text. Like sticking a screw driver into an electric socket for the first time, it fucking hit me how big of a dumb fuck I was for trying to text and walk in Bangladesh...No one else does this stupid shit unless your a Badeshi (Foreigner). To prove this on my way to work today, I was looking around to see how many Bangladeshi's I could see walking and talking on their cell phone at the same time. I counted about 10 in the midst of about a   1000 I saw. We are lucky in the States and some of the other countries I have been to  not have to concentrate on the little things like walking. The struggle with walking ends when we are 4 years old and after that its only the occasional hiking or running that ever hinders it. HERE walking is a fucking struggle every day. Between walking on uneven surfaces of brick gravel dirt asphalt  pot holes, missing man hole covers, big holes (dunno how they got there) where raw sewage lay below, power lines and tree's that have only been trimmed for 5'10 people...oh and I FUCKING forgot about the 5 types of moving vehicles who always win in a battle against you walking. So in light of all these things that can pile up on you in less than a mile long walk, I realized how my senses are on crack here because they are always on alert protecting me from the 100's of hazards out there and now I wonder why my brain and my neck hurt when I get back to my house after a walk in the city. BUT these experiences and especially the one last night taught me something grand. Appreciate the little things in life. For some reason, I think for the majority of Bangladeshi's who have to walk the streets everyday ENJOY the little things. Why you might ask....Because if you can understand that even the most simplest of things like walking, which many of us put little or no thought into can be so difficult that it can lead to the appreciation of so many other things we take for granted as well. So..in closing this post, being conscious of your steps is something that more people should do because you might start appreciating all the other little things you have unknowingly  ignored for so very long.