This morning I didn't yet know it was going to rain all day long. I was walking to the bus to head out to Lomba do Pinheiro for the last time...the last time this trip anyway.
The ground was wet from the rain the night before.
I saw a man on the ground in the shadow of the hospital, covered by many blankets. And I wondered, if he'd slept this way, wet and damp, throughout the downpour. Had he been up all night moving until the rain ended? How did he bear the cold? And I saw he was cuddling with a sweet puppy.
He saw me looking at him and he looked me in the eye and said, "Good morning." I felt touched. I didn't know if he was calling me out for staring at him or if he'd seen the smile on my face, but I appreciated his words all the same.
"Good morning," I said back to him, thinking about all the people who affect us positively and don't even know how much their kindness matters.
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Such a sweet post. Good morning to you, dear friend. = )
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ReplyDeleteSuch an uplifting post, dear lady. What you say is so true about how kindness matters even to strangers and affects us all in so many ways.... just that moment of grace can light up the whole world for an instant. sometimes it carries for much longer.... beautiful.
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