Life 21’ coffee is located near Mr.Brown Avenue, wherein the place is surrounded by a heath scenery. It has an overlooking view on the second floor that offers a majestic view which gives you a quiet atmosphere. It serves not only limited to coffee, also serves desserts, and dishes. It has a specialty which is adopted on the east coast special dish, the red vinasse. The cafe restaurant is recently started on April this year and owned by Hsieh Hsing-I.
Hsieh Hsing-I shared her story about how she came up to this place and why she moved here in this wonderful place of Chishang.
She grew up in Kaoshiung and finished the degree of BS Architecture at National Cheng Kung University. When her brother was designated in Chishang to work in the government, that made her brother to move out in Kaoshiung. In addition, her parents decided to stay with her brother for a while since they couldn’t handle the noise when their house was in underconstruction.
As the time goes by, her parents had their retirement and planned to live outside Kaohsiung for good since it was not healthy for them to stay in the city due to the pollution it brings from the factories. As her parents travelled to other places and countries, her parents have decided to go back to their place and decided to buy a land in Chishang.
Her parents moved in Chishang with her brother since in this place, her parents can able to get a fresh air and a healthy environment. By that time, she was working at the church in Kaoshiung.
At first, she didn’t want to move in Chishang because she believed that if God wanted her to move, she would. But she hasn’t seen any sign or heard about it, so she stayed. Then one day, she thought about moving to Chishang. As a usual way of deciding, she’d communicate with God through prayers if this journey would be okay for her. She felt that the God told her to move.
This made her visit this place where she was able to witness the beautiful scenery. With its nature and the good environment it offers, she said that this kind of place is her dream to have her own coffee shop, be surrounded in a lush nature, water and fresh air.
On the other hand, she always puts God into her decisions just to make sure that it would be in God’s favor. It was as if God was telling her to start her business as this place is not populated. This made her start a new life here in Chishang.
Within a month, she studied how to run and manage a coffee shop, what would be its facilities, and how to prepare perfect menus. Her mom also helping her to manage this cafe restaurant.
Her shop has been struggling with the marketing and promoting her shop has been a challenge. Since Chishang is not a well-known city, and there is not much tourist coming. People come here infrequently which makes her doleful about, but she still has the courage to go on. As she believes that God is there for her.
Hsieh Hsing-I has a strong faith in God, she was able to turn her dream into reality through prayers. Even she is still coping up with her struggles, she knows that God has a better plan for her so she keeps on looking forward. Struggles may act as big or small hindrance to our journey, but it doesn’t mean that you have to give up. You may encounter some voices that will tell you that you’re just wasting time, that you’ll fail because you’re not good enough, or any reason that will make you feel down. Remember that you have a choice to listen. You have your thoughts. You have your own faith and belief. Like Hsieh Hsing-I, God is her decision maker. She doesn’t mind about the outcome as she believes in God’s plan. Living in bona fide manner, you must be true to yourself, express your actual feelings, thoughts, and desiderate as it requires acknowledging one’s risks and moving forward to the cause of distinction in every choice and action we make.
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