living in between...

this and that. actually, between that and the other that. if i look left i see that i'm far from "good"... if i look right i see i'm far from "bad". to the west there is material prosperity, rule of law (or something like that), organization and liberty, to the east it's poverty disarray, chaos and freedom. upstream lay rights, downstream is the land of customs, tradition. balances everywhere. different points where they are achieved in different lands confuse any attempt of "objectify" the true meaning of quality of life. and where exactly to i see myself? i realized long ago that wherever i go there are pluses and minuses, blacks and reds, "rights" and "wrongs"... cross-cultural confusion. i guess i'm on my own...