I am often asked what I like so much about Thailand. I usually reply that the people seem less cynical and more open and more kindhearted.

I was watching a show on Thai TV where a Thai woman was teaching English to Thai teenagers. She was reading a comic strip as a teaching aid. One of the characters, Tom, kept forgetting things, and another character said that Tom was absentminded. The teacher paused to explain what was likely a new word to the students.

“What does absentminded mean?”

She drew a stick figure. “This is Tom.”

Then she drew a heart on his chest.

“This is Tom’s heart or you can say mind. Same thing”

She drew another heart with wings on it, flying away from the body.

“It has flown way, and he is absentminded”

Of course, I would have used the brain to illustrate where the mind and the source of  thought and action is. But she used the heart. Hmmmm.

Today is better than tomorrow.
Kevin