i used to work at a hotel and one year there was a japanese person staying at the hotel one day i was walking to a park to play some guitar and enjoy the sun a

i used to work at a hotel and one year there was a japanese person staying at the hotel one day i was walking to a park to play some guitar and enjoy the sun and i saw this person walking in front of me i ran to catch up and asked the standard traveler questions: how long have you been here? how are you enjoying the states? thae explained that thae really enjoyed the us because, 'in japan it is all take take take, and in the us it is all put, put, put' i laughed, 'really? did you get that backwards? how do you mean?' thae explained, 'in japan there is a really strong core of tradition from which everyone draws from in order to live their lives, and in the us there is a strong core of tradition that everyone adds to and changes' i laughed, 'wow! that's great, do you want to hang out?!' ;P it ended up being a great friendship and we even lived together for a few months i still think about that pearl of wisdom from time to time