GET GONE
The Beginning of an End to a Beginning
by Eduardo 

  The day was fine at last as we awoke from slumber. "Hi dad." Came Liam's greeting.
"Morning son. Just one more day eh?"
He is really excited with this break away in Mombassa. Apart from the fun that awaits, he is really hoping I get something together with Evelyn. He thinks she is the nicest person he has met, or so he told me yesterday. He even asked if I was going to marry her!  He was disappointed when I answered I had no intention of marrying anyone just yet.
"But why not. She's a very good person?"
He obviously has it fixed in his mind I will marry this lady and we will all live happily ever after. Would be nice, but realistically a very slim chance.
So I assured him it may last for a while for two years anyway, until he finished school and I decided on our future.
I know she is a very good person and quite possibly, more than one could hope for in a woman, but whether she has that true caring nature I don't yet know. In fact, there is a lot to study close up about her before she enters my inner domain. If she ever does.

  There is going to be plenty of opportunity for that during my stay there, we shall spend some time together and I can probe deep inside. While her existing qualities are proven, there is much I yet need to feel secure with, before committing to even a short term relationship. The same goes for any woman who is fortunate enough to share my world.
Probably one of the most appealing aspects of this hypothetical relationship and the one thing that could make or break it, is her humbleness. The upbringing and culture are completely different to ours. She was taught that a woman must work hard for her man and stand by him, regardless to own feelings. Its maybe old fashioned but, very nice to be pandered a little. But its this humble 'submissiveness', that goes with it that is so different. I can see how easily it would be to abuse these cultures, as many men would see it as opportunistic weakness. Whereas, I find this amazingly natural and I feel very qualified in being able to hold and nurture such a delicate egg. But, it will require some careful pre-thought in the way I treat her. The western way would be a no no and guaranteed to slip down a rocky path. I remember George once said to me something about 'giving up the old ways', on one of the rare occasions he allowed his young lady into the conversation. Thinking back to the scene at the time, I know exactly what he was explaining now. She was from a similar type of village culture upbringing and submissive to him, though in the most loving of ways. I must admit, it was sheer pleasure to see them together and the happiness she permanently radiated.

  I could see Sumana exactly like that, had she had the same basic upbringing without the wealth. It was her genetic nature, from generations of deeply adhered to cultures. As anyone who knows me will say, I am a very nice man and as such, my nature warms towards such simplicity that provides the important basic elements. Why anyone would wish to exploit and abuse that I don't know, but some do.
I think both Liam and I will enjoy getting our life together again in the sort of environment such a woman creates. The constantly active kitchen and cooking, the well kept castle and pressed clothes for the King and Prince of the castle. All in a positive and happy environment and everyone absolutely contented with life, instead of being in torment about what they cant have.

  I don't know about noisy neighbours, its time we made some noise in this garden. Only houses with dead people in are quite!
If one wants that, then a cemetery or desert island is ideal. But this is suburbia and life is for living, whether poor or rich, we can all enjoy what we have and derive pleasure from it.
As I have been writing this, two neighbours a few gardens away are having a party. If I wanted to I could find it annoying and get upset, but why?   They are having fun at home and above the music, I hear people enjoying themselves. Just wish I was there right now, in the middle of all that noise and laughter. Its my attitude towards the midnight bash that puts me at peace with it. I could go to bed and would be oblivious to it all through the double glazing. Instead, I've enjoyed the wisps of happiness that keep floating across our gardens.

 Who you are or become, is the way you look at life. If you look through coloured glasses, its obvious that what you see will be coloured and you will be blind to reality.  And if you cant see what you really have, how can you enjoy it?
Enjoy what there is to enjoy and don't place yourself in suffering for what you cant have. That's a simple life philosophy and it works.

And on that little note of wisdom, I'm off to bed and dream about laying by a pool in the sun. Possibly a noisy one as everybody will be happy, I hope.