A new habit

We have now two little rattan chairs now and almost every evening while waiting for the rest of the family to come back after work mum and I would take one corner of the gate and "jaga pintu " as she puts it.This quiet hour spent together enables us to talk about almost anything under the sun and I believe its a bit of time for mum to unwind after a hard day's work.Its amazing that two people who have been married for nearly forty five years now can still sit down together and talk and mum always has a lot to talk about. What we lack now is perhaps a small coffee table to enable us to have a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the cool night air and breeze.This is quality time where two beings can just sit down and being with each other finding comfort in the knowledge that they have each other.It is something to value and treasure as we do not know how long this is going to last. Young people today do not know how to enjoy these quiet moments with each other.They are so stressed and tired after a day's work that they have no time for such little luxuries.But as I always believe if you find something is worthwhile doing then find a way to do it.With too much emphasis on I phones and computer games they rather spend their free time with these gadgets rather than with each other...the price of technological advancement...how sad ! I have always believed in the beauty of the simple things in life,family,food recreation and what not.Do you realise that many of the rich and famous would rather have a simple life free of pressure and stress as compared with what they have now ?We do what we want and not what others expect of us.For me, the simple life in a small town is much more welcome than life in the big city where expectations are high and demanding .We chase after success without realising that perhaps in the process we lose some of the more meaningful things in life !