The sweet life. I am starting to understand what this means. As I eat the food made for gods, olives, wine, pecorino formaggio, and pomegranate, I slowly take it in and contemplate how happy this makes me.
Italy truly has the best food. La Dolce Vita is eating food made from the best products, chatting with friends, laughing at life's oddities, and most importantly being thankful.
Italy has some of the most amazing art in the world. All of the ninja turtles were named after Italian artists. La Dolce Vita is not only looking at the art, but experiencing it, wondering what the artist was thinking and feeling when it was painted. Was a picture from the biblical stories all they really wanted to paint, or did they sometimes hope to paint life, and what they were experiencing. All the sorrow of loneliness, the joys of drunkenness, the peace of home, the triumph of a win, the hope in a love.
Italy has one of the most beautiful languages in the world. La Dolce Vita is loving every word spoken, whether it is understood or not, because it makes a song.
La Dolce Vita is something acquired slowly, but I think when you achieve it, it will last for a rather long time. When you become thankful for the little creations God has blessed us with, the tiny things that fall into daily routine, get passed by quickly, never get a second glance. When you appreciate those minor details, you experience la docle vita. (I think I could even have this in Morgantown, WV.)
I was told today by someone I knew in the US, they are jealous of my life. I had a bit of pride, no one has ever been jealous of me before. I, the person who is never content, have so much to be thankful for, yet never noticed before. To me La Dolce Vita is a movie that has Silvia, a woman I want to be. Envy is really a strong emotion, and completely unworth it. I live in Italy, I am surrounded by old art, delicious food, spectacular people, and a fascinating language. Maybe slowly, I can experience La Dolce Vita.
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