{"id":291,"date":"2016-04-11T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/?p=291"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:38:53","slug":"i-travelled-and-this-is-what-i-saw-thank-you-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/blog\/i-travelled-and-this-is-what-i-saw-thank-you-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"I travelled and this is what I saw. Thank you Nepal!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you also feel that when you travel, you (re)connect with parts of you, you had forgotten about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to Nepal to celebrate a friend\u2019s birthday and visit certain philanthropic projects my Rotary Club (and I) have had over the past few years\u2026I knew Nepal had suffered a severe earthquake about a year ago and was expecting to see some vestiges of that\u2026at first, nothing was obvious. The hotel we stayed at overnight was in good condition and very beautiful, the people lovely\u2026however, there were very few guests\u2026Tourism has slacked to a bare drizzle, which makes it very tough on the Nepali people who count on that income<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8995.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8995.jpg 300w, https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8995-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one might suspect that the situation would weigh down the people and create chaos, yet, whenever I talked with someone, from any walk of life, their eyes would light up : \u201cwe are at the end of a horrible year, we know it is getting better\u2026\u201d the trust and conviction and determination was a beautiful reminder not to focus on the negative, on what does not work (and in Nepal many things don\u2019t), to focus on the positive and what to do to make things work, in other words, to be empowered not a victim!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_3.31.19_PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_3.31.19_PM.png 856w, https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_3.31.19_PM-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_3.31.19_PM-768x284.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest shock came when I was about to check into my hotel in Kathmandu. Next to it there is a camp for about 2000 people whose homes have been destroyed or made inhabitable\u2026a camp made of flimsy tarpaulin structures which had been blown away in a strong wind a few days before\u2026no electricity, no sanitation, no water\u2026and the monsoon coming soon\u2026and I was staying at a hotel with all of it, and complaining about the power cuts !!! Yes, I was strongly reminded about thankfulness\u2026Because we take so much for granted every day, we forget how much we have\u2026 Thank you Nepal for this wake up call!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thank you Nepal for showing us that whatever the external circumstance, one\u2019s inner world can be in order!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The smiles on your faces reconnected me with the awareness of Thankfulness and JOY\u2026thank you Nepal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9088.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9088.jpg 400w, https:\/\/salescreativedev.com\/jacqueline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9088-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Do you also feel that when you travel, you (re)connect with parts of you, you had forgotten about? 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