Convenience

During our 10am break at Spanish Class, Bart & I like to walk down to a local bakery, Pan y Mas (Bread & More), for a snack. This morning Bart spotted a chocolate muffin that ended up being the best thing we’ve tasted there. I said something like, “You better enjoy it, because you may not see it again for a couple months!” What I meant - and what we’ve come to know about lots of things in Honduras - was to enjoy what you have today, because there’s no guarantee it will be here tomorrow. Sometimes the grocery store will have yogurt, sometimes they won’t. Sometimes a restaurant will have tacos, and sometimes they won’t. In this country it’s not a negative thing, it’s just a thing, and it’s something we’ve had to adjust to over the past 6 weeks.

We recalled a particular day in Norman, Oklahoma, at glorious Super Target (oh, how I miss Target!) when there was no Basic 4 on the shelf. No Basic 4?! What did they expect us to do? Get in our car and drive all the way across the street to Homeland to buy it?! Or come back tomorrow?! I mean, come on!!

Yes, I’m being sarcastic...But honestly we felt really upset that day. As Americans, I think we can become very accustomed to the Convenient life. We have very high expectations. And we take for granted that we have almost anything we want at our fingertips. Unfortunately, I think this can help us become pretty demanding people who feel entitled to what we want, when we want it. 

So today, we learn to truly appreciate the chocolate muffin. And hopefully, we learn from those around us what it really looks like to be grateful for our ‘daily bread.’ 

md