The simple life is not always easy. But it is liberating. Simplicity ushers in true joy that can be found only in life itself. For when life is all you have, you begin to see value in each day, in each conversation, in each word that is spoken… and more importantly, the person sitting right beside you.
“Buenas tardes,” I shout to Angél as I veer off the gravel road towards his cream-colored cement house. For the past three afternoons, I have been warmly welcomed into his family as though we have been life-long friends. Today is Sunday, and Angél is working on a bed frame. “Bueñas tardes, Senorita. Pásale,” he replies. “Come in, come in.”
I duck under a low hanging palm tree branch and maneuver my way around the bright- pink, flowering plants. I pass by Arthuro, one of Angél’s nephews, who is helping out his uncle by staining some of the wood for the bed frame. The eight-year-old rushes to the porch gate, opens it for me and quickly grabs one of their hand-crafted chairs for me to sit on. “Muchas gracias.” I accept their sincere hospitality and humbly take a seat…
To read the rest of my article “Taste and See”, I invite you to go to www.wreckedfortheordinary.com. Click on “Simplicity” to read more. I encourage you to read each article with the promise that you will be changed and hopefully ¨wrecked for the ordiary”!
