When you’ve spent 50+ years in a single country, it can be very easy to focus on many of the different, dirty things in your new culture. The pile of trash at the end of the street, the kid peeing on the sidewalk, the “stinky tofu” cooking on a roadside grill, the pollution in the air/water, the deep, gross sound of someone clearing his or her throat and preparing to spit. 
But if you expand your search, you might see some new beauty as well. We are very blessed to live in an apartment complex with wonderful landscaping. Even though we are in a large city, we enter a tropical courtyard when we step out of our door:
Bordering many of the city streets and fencelines, there are vibrant colors:
Our city has planted thousands of trees in the past two years, attempting to achieve the status of “green city.”
In spite of many temptations to the contrary, we’d like to spend more of our energy thinking on the things that are lovely, commendable, and worthy of praise.
It is always good to think about things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, things which have virtue and are worthy of praise. V 6 and 7 are special as well.
It is my delight to think about you in your surroundings and all of the interesting people you are meeting.
Wow, those are beautiful vines that dad is standing next to!
There are huge differences between rich places and poor places.