Normally, my wife and I enjoy driving through the part of town where I had just wiped out two tires. We love the Mexican culture...their love for color...the way they dress up their shops and restaurants as a complete reflection of who they are. I can't help but get hungry as I drive past a seemingly continuous flow of homemade tortillas and tortas and big signs advertising carne asada, fajitas, and tacos. Then there are the numerous small dress shops, jammed packed curio shops, uniquely mexican grocery stores and delicious looking bakeries.
On the curious side there is this fancy dress shop that is connected to a gas station. The owner has a Cinderella-like carriage in the front next to the street with a mannequin wearing a fancy dress...a headless mannequin...you gotta love it!
But tonight was different. I was stranded and it was going to be expensive to get my vehicle running again. I went back to what I had heard right before I ran into the curb. "Choose every moment, good or bad as though you had chosen it". I began to relax and take in the world around me. I started to really look around and take in the people...those working in the nearby stores, some women walking carrying bags of groceries...I enjoyed watching the low riders with their perfectly clean cars and booming bass speakers thump their way up and down the street. I would have missed this if I had stayed angry about messing up my vehicle. If I had not chosen the moment.
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