" Seemed like I'd die if I couldn't scratch. Well, I've noticed that thing plenty times since. If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy- if you are anywheres where it don't do for you to scratch, why you will itch all over in upward of a thousand places." - Pg 15
I have wondered about the same thing many times before. When it is time to do my homework or study for a test, all I want to do is play and bother my roomate =p. When I am at a place where I should not be doing homework, homework is all I can think about. When I'm in Korea, I want to be in China. When I'm in China, I want to be in Korea. Sometimes I want to get out of the community of people I see here every single day, just to have the opportunity to meet new people and not stuck in one place. But when I do, I miss the dorm, my friends at school, my teachers, and I want to go back to them. It's like in Yanji, China, when I get some kind of chocolate or candy, say... a hershey's chocolate bar from someone who has just come from the States. It is treasured. However, in Korea, where hershey's chocolate is available in many places, it is not so special. Also, for the first several years I was in China, after moving from America, I missed Taco Bell a lot. However, after going to Taco Bell when, as part of the XC team or soccer team we went to base schools, Taco Bell lost its special- ness. It is like the crystal merchant in The Alchemist who does not go to Mecca, which is his dream, because he is afraid that once he acquires his dream, it will not be special anymore. Why is this?
Maybe there is a solution. The solution is to live in the present, and to be thankful for it- everything about it. Then, if Huck is not itchy, he will not itch. However this does not mean that I will stop wanting things I do not have. I can still want a crispy cream doughnut even if i am thankful without it. Maybe if I was satisfied with everything? But there is nothing wrong with wanting something. But why do we always want things we don't have when we are not even thankful for them when we do have them? If I was thankful that I was in Korea, when I go to China, it does not mean that I will not miss Korea.
So is there a solution?
Not wanting anything would be horrible... it would be like living life in black and white. maybe gray, but no red or yellow or green or blue........................................................
Huckleberry is a smart, care-free kid like Tom. He loves being outside, sleeping under the stars more than living in a nice house in a nice room on a bed. However, he is not as imaginative as Tom, nor as courageous. I am curious to see what kind of adventures Huckleberry will go through as I continue on reading this book =]
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