Originally Posted by
noglider
And now Americans seem to like to judge individuals by how oriented they are to earning money. Are there no other worthy things to do with oneself? Are there no other measures of a person's value as a human? Is that all there is?
Great story, thanks for sharing! Funny you mention a shepherd - it reminds me that there was a shepherd boy as the main protagonist in Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist", a classic tale of leaving everything behind (including the sheep!) to go on an adventure...