"Where did AIDS come from?"

"Where did AIDS come from??" That's the question I was asked... Of course I gave the text book regurgitated answer of my education... "From a monkey in Africa."

"Why all of a sudden did it appear? It wasn't there before." The argument continued... Again regurgitation, "It was a virun that mutated... I think."

The truth is, I never thought about it... I have never thought about anything but my life and myself for as long as I can think... School never taught me to think about what I was learning... and I became a fantastic regurgitator... So fantastic, I graduated top of the class...

It is with thanks to the contributors of blogs that I have learned to open my eyes a little to the world around me... To be able to see things from another perspective... Te be able to learn the pain of others and thus compassion for others... It has helped me to overcome my judgements... I have begun a journey of world discovery- I'm done focussing on myself all the time...