Simplicity

Today, I wore my new Minnie Mouse shoes. Its a very pretty pair of Mary Janes with cute Minnie Mouse bows. (ok, description makes the shoes sound a little tacky!)

Anyway, I bumped into Mhan, the Nepalese gardener cum cleaner cum handyman (Multipurpose man) on my way back from the loo, and I asked him what he thought of my shoes.

He said he doesn't care.

Then he said I shouldn't care what he thinks. It only matters what my 'boyfriend' thinks. (Note: read previous post on fictitious boyfriend)

Yada Yada Yada... a little bit of witty banter, and I turned around and proceeded down the coridor to go back to my office.

Out of nowhere, Mhan yelled.

'I don't like the shoes but I really like you!'

Loud enough for everybody to hear.

I was shocked.
It felt as if I was in a Korean soap opera.

I don't think that he expects anything out of telling me this. I don't think that he has any intentions.

I think that he's got to be an extremely self assured man to say that out so loudly. I think that he's a very simple guy.

I think I can learn from that simplicity. We can all learn from Mhan's simple outlook to life.

I've never had the courage to tell people how much I like them. I always think about the 'what ifs' and the 'what abouts' that I never get around saying what I feel.

We chase so many dreams, so many ambitions. Yet, the more we get, the more we want, the more we expect. The more we expect, the more we fear. The more we fear, the more we hold back.

The more we hold back, the more we wait.

I don't know about you, but Mhan's thought me a great lesson today.