[romania_eu_list] "This is why I love Romania" says Kurt...(see his story below)

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:30:08 -0700

Hi Kurt and thank you for sharing this with us.

You probably feel more Romanian that many Romanians. This should
make us think a bit about what we are and how we are. I know so many
people who want to leave Romania no matter how and I find that a
huge pitty. If they had your experience I guess they would think
twice.

Thanks,
    Sorin

"www.incogniterra.org" [EMAIL PROTECTED]



--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "kurtusman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.  I know I do not write much, but I do thank you
all
> for allowing me to express my views here when I feel the need. I
> have a true life story about Romania in which I observed the other
> day, and thought it would explain why I continue to love it here
in
> Romania and it's way of life. For the new members, I am an
American
> living in Bucharest with my recently wedded, beautiful Romanian
wife
> for over a year now.
>
> I was waiting in the car while my better half, my wife, went
inside
> to do some government business (which can take hours). Sitting
> there, I noticed a little old lady dressed in old cloths standing
by
> a bakery. She was  holding her hand out, eyes towards the ground,
> waiting for someone to drop some coins into her hand.  This is
> common here because the government elderly pensions are about
> 150euro a month, and some elderly need help affording normal
living
> expenses (God bless them).
>
> It took about 30 minutes for her to have received enough money for
> what she needed, because she slipped inside the bakery, and came
out
> with a bag with 2 loafs of fresh bread. (That is the common bread
> here costing about .35 cents USD a loaf and so delicious too). 
She
> then headed for the street crossing in a careful way, with her
> little feet just a shuffling away.
>
> While I watched her,  I noticed a man, sitting on the curb of the
> street about 30 meters from the street crossing she was headed
for. 
> It was man was in his late 30's, who had a nervous disorder
because
> his head kept twitching towards the sky over and over again.  His
> cloths were old and dirty.  His feet were without socks tucked
into
> his larger then needed shoes. He was unshaven, and had not bathed
in
> a while (people with bad disabilities also have it tuff here).  I
> looked back at the little old lady,  I saw she was now observing
> this same man.
>
> Well, the next thing you know, this little old lady started to
> shuffle over to this man.  When she got up to him, she patted him
on
> the back and made the sign of the cross across her chest (the
> religious symbol) without saying a word.  The man looked up at her
> while she reached into her bag and gave him a loaf of bread.  This
> was one of the two loafs this woman had to beg for the money to
buy
> for the past 30 minutes! She just gave up without a second
thought! 
> She then turned and shuffled back to the street crossing,
> disappeared into the city while this man ate the bread like he had
> not eaten for ages.
>
> A tear came over me, to see that even a old woman, who's life
seemed
> so hard, saw it in herself to help a fellow human being, just like
> others who helped her.  She needed no explanations, no verbal
thank
> you, no proof of need.  She just saw a man she did not know, who
was
> hurting, and her heart did the rest.
>
> This is why I love Romania.  It is the people here.  I am not
saying
> all Romanians do things like this, but I have seen more personal
> compassion here in Romania for their fellow human beings then most
> places. To see a person give to another what they can, when you
know
> they are doing with a little less in their own lives, makes you
> believe in people again.  I would be proud to be a Romanian.  I
> truly believe the people of this country are connected. They seem
to
> share the same loving, beating heart!  Never loose this Romania.
> Always feel that heart beat together! Also "Multumesc" (Thank you
in
> Romanian) to all Romanians for allowing me to be here in your
> country to share this feeling. God bless you all.
> Kurt
>



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