freeloader

sitting in a 5 star resort
watching wealthy people
using the pool and drinking fine teas
i am reminded of what humanity as a whole
seeks.  


The rich russians who shun 
none russian communication and the 
other folk who are served here by the smiling thai's
make me think of the man who cleans the leaves from near the guest
house in which i stay.


each morning, reasonably early, i can hear the whisper
and whistle of a small thin thai guy who
kneels and squats as he picks leaves that 
have fallen from the nights wind.  he spends some 
hours doing this and always smiles at me.
no a phoney smile nor an obligatory one
for the tourists but one of a man 
immersed in his work and showing solace through
simplicity and mindfullness.  He shows me his smile
i give him the thumb and also my smile and i realise
that he has something that most of us reading the net dont have!
solace balance happiness moment to moment awareness.
the simplicity is remarkable and something that we all
long for as we live multi tasking lives in the west.
so removed from the now I look at him
and appreciate what he has!


so i can sit in the guilded cage of the rich and 
obsersve the people whose minds are overloaded and 
whose wealth sits on their minds like wild monkeys in the 
trees.


i am one of them but i am 
looking at it all blessed at the time i have to observe now.


more soon


namaste………!