Simple Pleasures
By Mary Layton
Such a pleasure to be outside in this perfect fall weather.
I’m no longer running from the excessive heat we had weeks ago. Time has come to savor the last days of summer. The breeze is lovely. Life all of a sudden seems more simple, more enjoyable. Pleasure can come dropping into our lives at any moment. It happened to me the other day in a kind of unexpected way. Recently my car wouldn’t start, luckily I wasn’t too far away from home, but it was already dark and I had to call a tow truck company to arrange to be towed home. Even though I had already tried to start the car a couple of times with no luck, a friend told me to try it once more. Lo and behold, this time the engine started up and I could go home! The next day I dropped the car off to have it checked out.
Having no car to do my grocery shopping I thought it presented a rare chance to walk to the store, an easy 15 minute walk. I walked by one of those mobile fruit stands that I’ve seen in Mexico. There are many here in our valley. Usually I zoom right past them in my car. I want to stop but never think I have the time. Now being a pedestrian, I was able take a close look at the vendor’s many beautiful fruits, peeled and carved to perfection, pineapples, melons, cucumbers and mangoes. I decided to have a combination of mangoes and melon slices which were carved for me right then and there. So fresh, so sweet. I went home carrying my groceries in one hand and eating my delicious fruit with the other. Without getting on a plane or a train I felt transported to have a taste of Mexican culture, and a feeling that I had had a mini vacation from my usual routine. I walked home with a big smile.
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