Sky100: Afternoon Tea, Christmas package,Observation Deck, Ferry to HK: Macau to HK, Macau to HKIA, SZ to HK, Macau to Kowloon, MORE ![]() Which isn’t to say, of course, that the Bhutanese don’t experience fear, or sadness. Of course they do. But, as Leaming told me, they don’t flee from these emotions. “We in the West want to fix it if we’re sad,” she said. “We fear sadness. It’s something to get over, medicate. In Bhutan there’s an acceptance. It’s a part of life.” Ura’s lesson, meanwhile, stuck with me. I make it a point to think about death once a day. Unless I find myself especially stressed, or engulfed in an unexplained funk. Then I think about it twice a day. Eric Weiner is a recovering malcontent and philosophical traveler. He is the author of, among other books, The Geography of Bliss and the forthcoming The Geography of Genius. Follow him on Twitter. Where do you rank in our tribe of worldly readers? Answer these questions to get a sense. Travel in Hong Kong |