old man in a bench

I was just passing by in my home town and had the most improbable encounter, this lonely old man in a bench.

We exchanged a hello and a how are you today? but I know he wasn't being as candid as I was.

But the whole thing just got me thinking about growing old and growing lonely, and it is sad, just so very sad.

It also made me think of all the weird encounters that I had in my home town and of the me I was back then and how I miss some bits of it. Nothing's the same anymore; not that this is bad, on the contrary, this is life!

faith

and as I read the news today, between 'Vietnam war bomb kills 4 children' and '9 dead in Japan Tunnel collapse', and as I was already thinking how this week was already starting sadly, I see this...

NYPD officer's kindness sparks online sensation

it's like the sun splitting the dark clouds in the sky. it's how it made me feel anyway.

listening to my friends complaining about mortgages they can't pay, about the jobs they just lost, about people that just don't smile anymore, about families going apart because sadness is in everyone's hearts ; all this is just darkening my mind and my heart.

so seeing someone acknowledging someone's distress and opening his heart just because, this is just what I needed today.

Thank you stranger, today you have restored my faith in Humanity.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/usa/nypd-officer-s-kindness-sparks-online-sensation-1.1113689?utm_content=1.1113689&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BNYPD_officer%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_kindness_sparks_online_sensation%5D%5D%3E&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=%3C%21%5BCDATA%5BNews_RSS_feed%5D%5D%3E

Il ne faut surtout pas sous-estimer son pouvoir!







Un sourire peut simplement nous sauver.




Un inconnu nous sourit et une belle journée peut-être gâchée par une mauvaise nouvelle est sauvée.

Un inconnu nous sourit et le jour ou la vie perd sons sens est oublie.

Un inconnu nous sourit et c’est toute notre vie qui change de couleur.


Cette femme m’a souri et bien que je ne puisse voir que ses yeux, elle m’a transmis un peu du bonheur qu’elle ressentait à cet instant précis et j’espère que moi-même, j’en ai retransmit un petit peu, dans mon sourire à l'inconnu que je croisais au même moment…

Tu te souviens de la dernière fois qu’un inconnu t’a souri ? Moi oui, et encore maintenant il me fait sourire...

Alors, voilà mon sourire d'une inconnue a un inconnu.