little something about Greeks

Thought you might enjoy this:

First of all it is necessary to find yourself a country....which is not easy

It takes much looking, after which you must be lucky.

There must be rocks and water, and a sky that is willing to take itself
for granted, without being overbearing.

There shuld be fresh fish in the harbor, fresh bread in the local stores.

The people should know how to suffer without being unhappy, and how
to be happy without feeling guilty.

The men should be named Evangelos, Petros, Dimitri, or Yianni, and the
women should be named Elena or Anthoula.

The newspapers should always lie, which gives you something to argue
about.....

There should be great Gods in the background, and on all the mountains.
There should be lessor Gods in the fields, and nymphs about all the cool
fountains..

The past should always be somewhere in the distance not to be taken
to seriously, but always there giving prespective. The present should
consist of seven days of the week forever...

There music should be broken hearted without being self-indulgent...It
should be difficult to sing...Even the birds in the trees should work for a
dangerous living..

When it rains there should be not doubt about it...The people should be
hard to govern and not know how to give up...They should come from
the villages and go out to sea, and back to the village. There should be no
word in their language for self-pity...they should be famers and sailors,
with only a few poets.

The olive trees and the orange trees, and the cypress will change your
life...The rocks the skies and the gods and the strict music...

If you go there you must be prepared to leave at a moments notice..
knowing after all you have been somewhere....