55: Views of 'Civilization' from Peaks, Mountains and Height in Various Countries, plus Other Delights.
Svinjak, Slovenia...the climb was so steep, we still feel the after-effects. Budapest, Hungary. There are days, understandably, when the behavior of the citizens of our societies are less than stellar. When we realized and recognize our many personal shortcomings and failings, we thought it might be easier to understand the cruelty, acrimony, hatred, hypocrisy, bitterness, anger, jealousy, viciousness et al of many of our fellow humans. After all, we're one of the gang, the crowd, part of the species. Unfortunately, there are days that being a human is just plain sad. We don't subscribe to the easily thrown around concept that "people are basically good". Frankly, it's both nonsense and a grave insult to those whom are decent. We believe, like all things, people have to choose. Being good is a choice...and an extremely difficult one. Nevertheless, it is the ultimate decision and action for a person to make and implement. In fact, each day (...