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The Appeal of the Mundane

My ever so beautiful mother, and sometimes boss asked me to go to Divisoria in Manila, Philippines to buy some faux flowers.

Divisoria is a big market place in Manila, Philippines where you can buy a lot of stuff at a low price. Plus, you can haggle. There you will see old to almost teared down buildings with stores at the lower floor then extends to the streets. If I could describe this, in international and/or first world sense: its like Chinatown in New York City; street markets in Florence Italy; and I bet, street markets in Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the like.

People, each have their roles --from vendors, managers or supervisors, owners, sales ladies and sales men. Besides faux flowers, they sell street food, fruits, and vegetables. They sell ribbons, cloths, threads, pots, pans, papers, dresses, bags, shoes, jewelry. I mean its like the amazon.com in real life market. They've got everything from a to z.

Anyway, as I observe the scene, I found myself having this vision to rebuilt, reorganize, and beautify the space. I, and many may have the tendencies to want to "edit" a place, a person, a situation to make it more appealing, to make it more "pretty", to make it more marketable. 

But then, after awhile, I realize, see, and like also the beauty in the "dirt", the "mess", and the madness of it all. I realize maybe I would not want to change a thing. IT has their own appeal.

We want to change the place, the people, the situation, but do we have the decency to asked the other, if they desire the change as well? 

In reality, like me, and like everybody else, we still find beauty and solace in our comfort zones. Maybe the situation, the place, the people are already happy and contented of what, who, and where they are. Maybe they only just need the same opportunity to be able to earn to provide for themselves and their families if they have one. And at the same time, also have the same opportunities for those who dare to dream for something more.