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Thoughts of ignorance - thoughts from the west

Dirty walls

Dirty ceilings

Dirty floors

“These girls are living in dirt!”

I want to cry

Bugs landing in left out rice

Rats running past

Water almost too dirty to shower in

“You’ll get ill!”

I want to cry

Mosquitos

No mosquito nets

Burning heat

No fans

“You’ll dehydrate my loves”

I want to cry

Up at 5:30am

Studying at 6:30am

Breakfast at 7:30am

“You are so inspirational”

I want to shout

Smiling every second

Bowing to all the brothers

Singing beautifully all day long

“You deserve more!”

I want to shout

Inviting me for lunch

Giving me mangos

Dancing with me

“Never change your kindness”

I want to shout!

First thoughts after living in Cambodia for a week.

I am a white western girl, who has lived a good life – not the easiest life – but a good one all the same. I have an education, opportunity and a future. I have good health and have a safety net of insurance if I were to fall ill. So who am I to think these thoughts when these girls have lived like this all their lives, in fact worse. What they have here is more than enough for them. So why am I judging? Why do I have these thoughts, these opinions? Because I am scared. Because I am weak. Because I am ignorant. Life goes on and they are stronger and more resilient than I

will ever be.