Response to Post One

A story I remembered about losing a bit of my childhood innocence, is when I went to Taiwan Mexico to build homes for families who don't have one. I remember crossing into Mexico from the border and seeing all the shacks that people would live in. I remember walking into the "home" that the family of 7, who we were building for lived. There was one room with only a bed. They would try and fit as many people onto the bed as possible. It was a very big shock to see people live this way. This made me very sad and gained a new perspective on the world. It gave me a different outlook on what the world is, and how many people out there are suffering. I have been blessed enough to live in such a wealthy and prosperous area. Where I never did have to worry about where my next meal is coming from, and I could always go home to a bed. That I got numb to the idea of poverty and all the suffering in the world. I was so innocent, and I had this picture of the world that was completely false and ignorant. When I saw first hand, how people lived and that there are people in the world suffering. It really made me lose a bit of innocence. Because when you are a child, you think everything,and everyone live and are like you.But when you experience something like going to a poverty stricken place, it really makes you lose the childhood innocence about everything in the world is ok. And everyone is ok, and not having any struggles.  Just like Gilgamesh growing up, this was a time I really grew up due to different experiences I had.