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Linda Leaming
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Change is inside
Are you perfectly content in your life? Few of us can say we are perfectly content. There’s always something that we want to change. We want a new job or a new set of friends, we want to travel or go to school. We want to look different. We want to be smaller, larger, richer, smarter, more powerful, independent, younger, freer. We want to make our lives better.We want upheaval... Read more of this blog post »
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Married to Bhutan
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| Thanks all for the reviews. Would readers of MTB be interested in a book describing how I translate what I learned and how I live in Bhutan to our lives when we come to the U.S.? | |
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Even if you've never heard of Bhutan or you don't have any desire to travel to Bhutan, this book is a beautifully written story of the simplicity of the Bhutanese people. They are considered the happiest people in the world. They live very simple,...
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A solid memoir of an international marriage in Bhutan, this book contains plenty of delicious cultural tidbits and even the occasional bit of wisdom without getting too preachy. An enjoyable read.
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Having spent a couple of weeks in magical Bhutan I instantly ordered this book through Kindle and gobbled it up in a weekend of joyful reading. My India Book Club friends agreed to make Married to Bhutan one of our monthly selections because (We a...
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“Bhutan does seem a bit unreal at times. Hardly anybody in the U.S. knows where it is. I have friends who still think the entire country is a figment of my imagination. When I was getting ready to move there, and I told people I was going to work in Bhutan, they'd inevitably ask, "Where's Butane?"
It is near Africa," I'd answer, to throw them off the trail. "It's where all the disposable lighters come from."
They'd nod in understanding.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
It is near Africa," I'd answer, to throw them off the trail. "It's where all the disposable lighters come from."
They'd nod in understanding.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
“The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American...(for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
“There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening.”
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
― Linda Leaming, Married to Bhutan
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