[JonJandai:]Source:LYBIO.netThereisonewordthatIhavealwayswantedtosaytoeverybodyinmylifenow.Thatwordis:Lifeiseasy.It’ssoeasyandfun.Beforethat,Ineverthinklikethat.WhenIwasinBangkok,Ifeellikelifeisveryhard,verycomplicated.IwasborninapoorvillageontheNortheasternofThailand.AndwhenIwasakid,everythingwasfunandeasy,butwhentheTVcame,manypeoplecametothevillage,theysaid,“Youarepoor,youneedtofollowsuccessforyourlife.YouneedtogotoBangkoktopursuesuccee[correction]successinyourlife.SoIfeelbad,Ifeelpoor.SoIneedtogotoBangkok.WhenIwenttoBangkok,it’snotveryfun.Theysaid:youneedtolearn,studyalotandworkveryhard,andthenyoucangetsuccee[correction]success.Iworkveryhard,eighthoursperdayatleast,butwhatIcaneatisjustabowlofnoodlepermeal,orsomeTamadishoffriedriceorsomethinglikethat.AndwhereIstayisverybad,asmallroomwithalotofpeoplesleep.It’sveryhot.Istarttoquestionalot.WhenIworkhard,whyismylifesohard?Itmustbesomethingwrong,becauseIproducealotofthing,butIcannotgetenough.AndItriedtolearn,Itriedtostudy.Itriedtostudyintheuniversity.It’sveryhardtolearninuniversity,becauseit’sveryboring.AndIstarttolookatsubjectsintheuniversity,everyfaculty,mostofthemisdestructiveknowledge.There’snoproductiveknowledgeinuniversityforme.WhenIlookatsomethinglikeifyoulearntobeanarchitectorengineer,thatmeansyouruinmore.Themorethesepeoplework,themountainwillbedestroyedmore.AndagoodlandinChaoPrayaBasinwillbecoveredwithconcretemoreandmore.Wedestroymore.Ifwelearnagriculturefacultyorsomethinglikethat,thatmeanyoulearnhowtopoison,totoxicatetheland,thewater,andlearntodestroyeverything.Ifeellikeeverythingwedoissocomplicated,sohard.Andeverythingwejustmakeithard.LifeissohardandIfeeldisappointed.Istarttothinkabout,whyIhavetobehereinBangkok?Ithink–IthoughtaboutwhenIwasakid,nobodyworkedeighthoursperday,everybodyworkedtwohours,twomonthsayear,plantingriceonemonthandharvestingthericeanothermonth.Therestisfreetime,tenmonthsoffreetime.That’swhypeoplehavesomanyfestivalsinThailand,everymonththeyhavefestival.Becausetheyhavesomuchfreetime.Uh…Andtheninthedaytime,everybodyeventakeanap.EvennowinLaos,ifanybodygotoLaosifyoucan,peopletakeanapafterlunch.Andaftertheywakeup,theyjustgossiping,how’syourson-in-law,how’syourwife,daughter-in-law.That’s–peoplehavealotoftime,butbecausetheyhavealotoftime,theyhavetimetobewiththemselves.Andwhentheyhavetimetobewiththemselves,theyhavetimetounderstandthemselves.Whentheyunderstandthemselves,theycanseewhattheywantintheirlife.Sopeople–manypeopleseethattheywanthappiness,theywantlove,theywanttoenjoytheirlife.So,peopleseealotofbeautyintheirlife,sotheyexpresstheirbeautyinmanyways.Somepeoplebycarvingthehandleoftheirknife,verybeautiful,thebaskettheyweavingverynicely.But,now,nobodydoesthat.Nobodycandosomethinglikethat.Peopleuseplasticeverywhere.[JonJandai:]Source:LYBIO.netSo,Ifeellikeit’ssomethingwronginthere,Icannotliveinthiswayofliving.So,IdecidedtoquitUniversity,andwentbackhome.WhenIwentbackhome,IstartedtolivelikewhenIremember,likewhenIwasakid.Istartedtoworktwomonthsayear.Igotfourtonsofrice.Andthenthewholefamily,sixpeople,weeatlessthanhalfatonperyear.Sowecansellsomerice.AndthenIdig–dugtwoponds,twofishponds.Wehavefishtoeatallyearround.Andwe–Istartasmallgarden.[Led]–lessthanhalfanacre.AndIspend15minuteperdaytotakecareofthegarden.Ihavemorethan30varietiesofvegetableinthegarden.So,sixpeoplecannoteatallofit.Wehavesur...