Priorities and interests of Paraguayans

It interests me so much what the proiorities of people are here verses what the priorities are in the USA. In the USA life is rushed and stressful for every deadline, we must be in the know at all times of what is happening with the world, and free time is a perfect time to do more work. While compared to life here it is opposite. Down here it is like being the only people on earth there is not a newspaper that is read or a news station that is largely watched in Quiindy either. The time portion is completely different as well which I love and hate. Time isn't money here time is life. My family can make some terere (cold drink that is herbs in a cup with a filtered straw to drink it) and we will sit in the middle of the side walk for five hours drinking and either talking or silence is just fine. Also, for things like meeting people they say 5 for meeting it means 6 party starts at 6 that means 11 which is nice because you do not have to freak out that your ten minutes late but also you get left standing and waiting for someone always. The Paraguayan people priorities are the three F's which are 1. Family 2.friends 3. Food anything outside that is not completely necessary. Family comes before all else there is an extreme amount of respect for the elders all the people that are younger wheatear by 40 years or two days must hold their hands in like a prayer motion to all their family elders and wait for a response of dios de vindega. If you do not you are cast as rude an disrespectful. Friends are also huge here there are whole days and parties just for friendship and most people are friends with everyone or at least very polite. And as for the last one FOOD it's the other religion here. Everyday is devoted to preparing lunch and occasionally dinner they eat all the time and on EVERYTHING there is salt it would be a multi billion dollar store for someone to open down here along with a heart center and dental clinic. If you eat only one inhumanly sized helping everyone asks if your dieting or if you hate their food, because everyone here tends to eat three to five servings of everything. I like their priority list because unlike the USA it doesn't get pushed aside for work or pride, people stick to it and follow through they made a commitment whether it be to their spouse or to make dinner, they will do it.