English Version
“Enjoy the little things in life, one day you will realize they were the biggest.”
The best way to think about this week's Prompt is undoubtedly with a cup of coffee in my hands, and I take this moment to reflect on the choices that lead us through life, even the one so simple that brought me to the coffee shop I share with you in today’s post.
This coffee shop in Old Havana, located on Mercaderes Street, is called La Columnata Egipciana and pays tribute to the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz, whose figure appears represented in a tile mosaic on one of the walls, along with some of his phrases.
Being there was very pleasant, and I did it for the pure enjoyment of the company and the pleasure of freely choosing what I wanted to do at that moment, even if it was something as simple as sitting, talking, and holding a warm cup of coffee in my hands.
It seems like a trivial decision, but as the phrase at the beginning says, the little things often turn into the biggest ones. The most meaningful choices begin with simple choices. And by the way, this post I write while holding my coffee also becomes a recap of the year that is ending, a year of changes that linked together like chain links one after another, forming a sequence that grew and became more robust with each step.
Now that the year is approaching its end, I realize that there are still decisions to make, paths and transformations yet to happen. Perhaps I will discover some of them in my next visit to a coffee shop as charming as this one, with the next cup of coffee that accompanies me in the next moment of pause that I gift myself.
I also have to say that this place is beautiful and very cozy. The name 'Columnata Egipciana', I imagine, comes from the arrangement of its interior columns aligned in rows, and that hold up the roof.
And yes, the mere fact of being here among these columns is already in itself a choice that honors the everyday, and that, like everything we do, becomes actions that give continuity to the experiences of our life. Because the everyday is the place where the decisions that transform us arise. Like this visit, this reflection, this cup of coffee, or this year that also began with a single choice… everything leaves a trace that with time becomes the true path to follow.
Cheers, and until next time! ☕
Versión en Español
“Disfruta de las pequeñas cosas de la vida, un día te darás cuenta de que eran las más grandes.”
La mejor manera para pensar en el Prompt de esta semana es sin duda con una taza de café entre las manos, y aprovecho este momento para reflexionar sobre las elecciones que nos conducen por la vida, incluso aquella tan simple como la que me trajo hasta la cafetería que les comparto en mi publicación de hoy.
Esta cafetería de La Habana Vieja, ubicada en la calle Mercaderes, se llama La Columnata Egipciana y rinde homenaje al escritor portugués Eca de Queiroz cuya figura aparece representada en un mosaico de azulejos en una de las paredes, junto a algunas de sus frases.
Estar ahi fue muy agradable, y lo hice por el puro gusto de la compañía y el placer de elegir libremente lo que deseaba hacer en ese momento, incluso si era algo tan sencillo como estar sentada, conversando y con una taza de café tibia entre las manos.
Parece una decisión trivial pero como dice la frase del inicio, las pequeñas cosas suelen transformarse en las más grandes. Las elecciones más significativas comienzan con elecciones sencillas. Y de paso, ésta publicación que escribo mientras sostengo mi café, se convierte también en una recapitulación del año que termina, un año de cambios que se encadenaron como eslabones uno tras otro, formando una secuencia que creció y se hizo más robusta con cada paso.
Ahora que el año se aproxima a su fin me doy cuenta de que aún hay decisiones por tomar, caminos y transformaciones por suceder. Quizás algunas de ellas las descubra en mi próxima visita a una cafetería tan encantadora como esta, con la próxima taza de café que me acompañe en el siguiente momento de pausa que me regale.
Tengo que decir además que este sitio es hermoso y muy acogedor. El nombre 'Columnata Egipciana', imagino proviene de la disposición de sus columnas interiores alineadas en hileras, y que sostienen el techo.
Y si, el solo hecho de estar aquí entre estas columnas ya es en sí una elección que honra lo cotidiano, y que como todo lo que hacemos se convierte en acciones que le dan continuidad a las experiencias de nuestra vida. Porque lo cotidiano es el lugar en donde surgen las decisiones que nos transforman. Como esta visita, esta reflexión, esta taza de café o este año que comenzó también con una sola elección... todo deja una huella que con el tiempo se transforma en el verdadero camino a recorrer.
Un Saludo, ¡y hasta la próxima! ☕
Greetings dear friend @jordy0827, nothing like a coffee to get the ideas flowing and that's it, we're almost at the end of the year ❤️ love
Saludos querida amiga @jordy0827, nada como un café para que fluyan las ideas y así es casi llegamos a final de año ❤️ cariños
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That coffee shop really caught my attention; it's like being at home, yet in a cozy old house. I'd love to have coffee there; it must be a wonderful experience.
The year is coming to an end. This week we enter the penultimate month, but we still have many goals to accomplish and some details to fine-tune in order to end this year with optimism and great things.
Thankful for life allowing me to have a cup of coffee every day, I hope you have more wonderful experiences this year with a cup of coffee by your side, greetings 🥰☕
Hi! I'm glad you took the time to read and respond to my post.
The place is really cozy, I loved it, and it's a great spot to reflect on everything the week's prompt invites us to consider.
Cheers, and have a lovely day.
The most meaningful choices begin in a simple choices, I agree with this line. our simple choices now who knows it would turn bigger already tomorrow.
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I'm glad you agree with me, we think alike in that regard.
Have a lovely day ☕
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What a lovely response to the prompt!
The cafe looks fantastic.
Great phrase. Food for thought!
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The coffee was delicious, and I loved the place.
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i agree of this, and yeah you are right when we appreciate and treasure things it makes us feel better.
The place is beautiful especially the design is perfect for a coffee shop, enjoy youre coffee.l
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I like the coczyness of the coffee shop,
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