It's Not About Oranges... .:. Walk & Talk Series

Yesterday, I had a very pleasant #WednesdayWalk, but I ran out of time to publish the (photo) post, so maybe it will happen next week... We will see... But, during the walk, I recorded a short video, which is perfect for my #WalkAndTalk series! Especially after realizing that I did the last one in October last year!

As usual, you know how I roll... Instead of publishing the video and writing a description in 2-3 sentences, I'm going to do the video and write a full-length post around it... And as usual, I will cover two topics in one post... Why? Well, I have no idea what I'm doing... lol... Instead of reusing a video, I'm compressing multiple posts in one... 😂

Regarding the video, I was talking about the current crypto market state, and reflect about some macro stuff... Somehow, a lot of things that are happening look a bit strange and fake, so I shared my thoughts on that... Check it out!

And the second thing that I became aware of, well after recording this video, is something a lot more personal... As much as I would like to ignore and suppress, I miss the place where I lived before... Oh, I forgot to mention that I recorded the video in my walk around the same orange groves that you may remember from my videos from the past... It's not just oranges...

I wanted to compare what that "secret sauce" is in that area that I miss the most. Yes, the sea is near, the beach, and all that comes with that... In the area where I live currently, we have a few gardens with oranges and lemons, but most trees around are almonds and olives, which are also nice... But, I think that's not the main issue...

Maybe it's about people? Being an introvert, I suppose you know the answer to that... lol... Most friends that I have are far away from me, and I communicate with them over the Internet... But, it could be people... Let me explain...

Coming from a country that doesn't respect natural resources enough, I clearly remember my father's words when they visited Spain for the first time... Despite having a scarcity of water and fertile land, the Spaniards have made the most of it! They build huge artificial lakes to accumulate water during rainy years, as sometimes, rains don't fall for years! Olives, almonds, or oranges are growing almost out of the rock! The soil is too hard and full of iron, so I can't understand how anything can grow at all!

Right there is hiding the title resolution... It's not about oranges... It's not that EVERY PART of Spain is like the one where I lived for 13 years! The part where you will see orange groves in an infinite row, garden by garden, well-maintained, despite the low orange prices... Okay, there are 1 in 10, or 1 in 20 fields that are abandoned, or for sale, but the rest are like the one on the thumbnail photo...

On the other side, the place where I currently live is almost the complete opposite... 1-2 in 10 are "cultivated" gardens, while the rest are abandoned, destroyed, or just turned into waste disposal... Maybe it's not as bad as it sometimes looks when I see some other places around the world where people don't care about their surroundings, polluting their own gardens, and their own homes...

And exactly that pisses me off a lot! How can we be so disrespectful toward nature? How can we pollute and abandon what nature gave us for FREE! Many times, we have no idea how RICH we are, and how a lot we have around us... We are always amazed how OTHERS are RICHER, how the other place is PRETTIER and BETTER... Maybe I'm doing the same today?

Thank you for your time.

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