Enthusiast vs Dreamer

I believe that in every life we experience great happiness and
sadness. The cause for these depend from person to person. One man's greatest dreams can be the other one's nightmare. Therefore I can't but think what's best in life? And I'm not asking myself what's the
one greatest thing, be it pshycological or not, that could make oneself happy (or sad).. Rather I ask myself wether it's better to have one - and let's hope multiple - small thing(s), incomprehensible
to thirds as it might be, who'd be jealous you can get that much pleasure out of such a small - and maybe fragile and let's hope not -
thing. Or to not easily be satisfied, to be someone who rather enjoys
the finer things in life, who maybe needs a challenge to be able to really enjoy. While keeping in mind that the first probably is
"cursed" to have such strong feelings for the things that make him sad
as well, while the other is "blessed" to be a bit more impervious to
sadness, since the smaller things don't bother him. Two quotes come to mind.. In case of the first: "The happiest people in life don't
necissarily have the best things, they just know how to get the best
out of what they have." And the second: "It are the small things that
count." Guess I have to realize it's impossible to look at both as
black and white.. And that the two don't mingle. Anyway, to put a long
story short, is it best to experience emotions very strongly
(instable), wether they are happy or sad, or to tone down emotions,
have them more gradualy?

Foreign Countries

Words... Just symbols, articulated in a certain way, granted meaning by the speaker... For foreigners, people on the “outside”, those words can sometimes seem complete gibberish. Still, why should it matter, they have no meaning?

I found myself in situations wondering what words are written on everyday signs. Words that would never even have caused me to pause for one second, now give me the most difficult time. Your imagination starts to kick in and you're walking through a city, with a smile on your face, just because you don't understand anything.

Meaninglessness becomes meaningful.