Imagine living in a country where you are surrounded by food and medicinal plants growing, untainted by chemicals. Sweet delicious mango's are falling to your feet, begging for you to devour the sweet yellow flesh inside. Coconuts are ready to hydrate you from your morning walk on the beach, you may even get a guy in carved boat to bring one to you while you watch the dolphins:) . The smell of ylang ylang and the enchanting song of the insects and birds, instead of the sirens of the city and the smell of pollution. Swimming in the waterfalls and the sea will literally cleanse you, they are natures baptism. This abundance exists in Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican people are relaxed and will greet you with a smile and a "Pura Vida" (Pure Life). They live in the 'now', there is no rush for anything (except for driving!). If you call a customer service line you will get super slow sloth service, everything takes longer here to process but life itself manifests faster. Synchronicity is at its best. Maybe because a smaller place allows people to connect and like minded people gravitate here. !
When you are in the big city people ignore one another, avoid eye contact and connection, fear is abundant. In a big city you rely on the system, the supermarkets feed you. Most children don't even know where food comes from.
What happens when the system eventually fails? Shouldn't we all do our best now to connect with one another, build communities of our own, become self sufficient and grow our food instead of paving over the land?