Cubans seem happy and content despite their hardships. Why is that?
A. There is a contentment in suffering when it is shared by most and is borne of struggle and survival. Poverty brings in its wake a focus not felt by people who are well off. The poor have fewer problems because they have fewer choices: life is reduced to the simplest of pleasures, the purest of values (values other people overlook or take for granted). These include listening to people because you have the time; talking to people because you have a desire to communicate; caring for others because you know what it feels like to be uncared for; helping someone in trouble because you know you should. In Cuba there is still an extended family; television doesn’t rule; conversation is still an art form; and people are still involved in each others’ lives. Cubans are an educated people who have the ability to accept all things as they are. They want for nothing except more of what they don’t have. They enjoy a simple meal, a conversation with a friend, an intimate time with a loved one sit
