When I was doing my blogs for China, I really tried to only put positive experiences in the individual city portions. I did try to put all my negative points in the Confessions and Tip section. I do want everyone to know that I do not regret going to China. If I had the choice to do it again, I would. Everyday I was there I found the words, "wow" tumbling out of my mouth. Twenty percent of my experience was not positive. Most of my negative experiences were individuals who made a wonderful experience tainted by how they treated me. I found most people were wonderful, so kind and helpful, and when I had a bad experience it shocked me every time. I was treated differently when I was by myself as opposed to being with my husband. I found that people approached me more when I was by myself. Most of the time these people were very friendly, and often if someone was mistreating me another person would come up and defend me.
I found myself wanting to go back to Beijing when I was blogging about it. One of my regrets is not taking all of my children with me. I now am of the opinion that my children can go to China as adults, but part of me wishes they were there with me, experiencing all that I was able to. I think it is unfortunate the 20% negative experiences affected me so greatly, and yet it did. I am so grateful for being able to go to China but at the same time I do not apologize for my opinion. I learned so much about China and America. I found my appreciation for my freedom increase and so many things our political parties fight about now seem trivial. It was a nice place to visit, but I don't think I would want to live there.
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