The great Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos said
almost 26 centuries ago “A thought is an idea in transit.”
True enough; the symbol of modern
industrialization has been the steam machine, where it moves the world a lot
faster, more efficiently. Such
symbol still carries its significance today as the efficiency of trains; the
wait between transits sort of translating to each country operates her own
system.
In February, 20111 I spent a good 10 days in
Myanmar, good part of 2 of those days spent in the Yangon train station, and
you see a lot.
Here in Myanmar, life is slow for most, not
that time does not matter, it does, it just matters less. And you see that in
trains, in transits. You see a
small life developing inside a train station, a small world there, and one may
say that is beautiful because there is nothing to rush. It is not wrong, but then the countries
that move fast and efficiently are not wrong either, they spent the time they save
in transits for something else.
Yangon, Myanmar, 2011
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