(Note: May 26th I am starting a category called Mango Connections with this post. I will put posts here of serendipitous events or anything that pops up in someone’s life that is a sign to be led in a new direction. If you have any, I welcome you to post them here. I do believe there are many signs every day in answer to our questions or thoughts. The key is: do we pay attention and believe in them?)
I just finished sipping a mango shake that Cristian and I made. Today was a very interesting day. I woke up this Sunday morning to see how many mangoes I had on my lawn. Yesterday it rained all day and I had a box full of mangoes, at least 30 of them. Since last week, the ripe mangoes have been steadily falling, about five per day.
Now the combination of the ripe mangoes and the downpour of rain caused a box full of fresh ready to eat mangoes. As I stood out on my lawn grabbing this luscious fruit, I noticed my neighbor across the street with his young daughter. “Want some mangoes?.” “Sure”, he replied. And off they went with at least a dozen of them. (more…)