Over the last several weeks, I have internalized how empowering it is to be able to understand. Without being able to comprehend, even the simplest of things feels like a ordeal. We have been having an exasperating time trying to decipher manuals, product labels, energy specifications, etc. in a foreign language. Just when we thought we had it all figured out *bhaammmm*
We officially moved into our new apartment, so did some preliminary shopping to get us through the weekend. We bought around 20 items, but it took us a total of 4 hours. At Walmart, it would have taken us under 10 minutes to fetch it all. The time and effort it took to understand word for word, seek help from helpful bystanders for translations and the frustration we were feeling, all led to us completely losing track of time. We were exhausted and for the first time I found shopping to be a nightmare. After all it was day 14 in survival mode !!
After getting some rest, we woke up the next day and leaned back to analyze (what else to do?). Yes, we have come to realize that knowledge of a language matters and more so to be able to communicate!!
Its a huge energy drain on the body and the mind, when one is in survival mode. In order to shift to normal/peace mode, we would have to tackle language first. Once that is taken care of, everything else will fall into place.
No comments:
Post a Comment