Moody Monday: Fresh Perspective

 A couple of nights in Toronto gave me a fresh perspective on the world.  People were nice, kind, and understanding. 

Toronto looks prosperous, lots of new high rise buildings, lots of independent clothing stores.  Tim Horton's on every other block, and a few Starbucks, but not many. Lots of good food. 

Watching television without pharmaceuticals advertising is a very pleasant experience.  And without competition from the drug pushers, even a few local businesses are able to afford television advertising.  

Toronto seems to truly embrace the vibrant diversity of the people who live and visit there. Being a truly bilingual country, seems to bring a tolerance of differing languages that I don't see at home.  In my morning of wandering around I heard French, German, Swedish, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin. 

There is a pride of Canadian grown, and Canadian made on display across the city.  A model for how it can be done.  And yes, I went into an LCBO store (liqueur control board of Ontario) and there was not a single product made in the USA on display.  I do hope this brings a renaissance of distilling in Canada. I would like to see more high quality offerings grown and made in a country that grows millions of acres of grain. 

It was nice to meet up with old friends, and make new ones (I was there for an American Bar Association meeting.) 

How did it leave my mood? It was great to see a city and a country that is doing well in global chaos.  One person said, "well Canada has had her share of politicians we were embarrassed by." People were nice, and Toronto blooming  is a world city. 

It was great to get away for a couple of nights.  It does a body and mind a lot of good to see the world from a different, fresh perspective.