What if statements give more opportunity to humans following through with the question being asked. For example "what if I ate healthy today" is much more inviting then. " I HAVE to eat healthy today!" My question of the day stemmed from a lovely encounter I had yesterday.
I walked out of my appt. building on to the chilly street of Macdougal and ran into one of my best friends Elisheva. "AH! It's so good to see you!" (mind you we live in the same appt building but are just never home at the same time). She has a bouquet of dried flowers in one hand and a small pink flower in her other. " Smell this flower it smells so good". As i smelt the pink flower i was taken aback by the gorgeous perfume I inhaled. As this was happening a man in his late 30's walked past and said "how beautiful what kind of flower is that?"" I dunno" said Ellie,"I just got it for free down at the market. Do you want to smell it? " Oh, please" the man said and bent over to take a whiff of the flower. " mmm beautiful". then went about on his way. It wasn't weird, creepy, or an invasion of space AT ALL. It was simply a beautiful encounter. Since he was walking close enough to here our conversation why not be part of it? What if our world views could encounter at any given moment? Isn't this how life is meant to be? To weave in and out of peoples lives as we encounter them on a day to day basis? A simple encounter but one that allowed me to realize that the reason we have the awful feelings about strangers is because usually a stranger approaches us as either a gross guy trying to hit on us(why don't normal guys our own age hit on us..ladies? Anyone? seriously...) or it's someone asking us for money either literally with a cup or via a clipboard.
I say it's time for us to start sharing life with humans again by simply lifting each other up. Whether it's a smile, a hello, or a brief interaction with no strings attached that ends with a "have a nice day!" Let's stop walking through NYC still in our four wall appt. spaces. Let's actually WALK OUTSIDE and allow our fellow New Yorkers to affect our lives :D
I say it's time for us to start sharing life with humans again by simply lifting each other up. Whether it's a smile, a hello, or a brief interaction with no strings attached that ends with a "have a nice day!" Let's stop walking through NYC still in our four wall appt. spaces. Let's actually WALK OUTSIDE and allow our fellow New Yorkers to affect our lives :D
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