Like any truly awesome place, there is a set of 'regulars' that can be found at nearly any given moment in that courtyard - most of whom I know by name and exchange pleasantries with a few times a week. Its important to know that I have spent time in this courtyard for as long as I can remember. I have exchanged pleasantries with these regulars for years; with some, for decades. I'm not really sure what made today different, but today... I looked up. And suddenly, today, it struck me...
This is special. This is what I love most about Midtown... the way that people of different ages, races, genders, socio-economic ranks, and belief systems come together in one place and form friendships. Its what makes the places I love so, well, lovable.
So, today, I pulled up a chair and re-learned the game of chess; I exchanged more than pleasantries with people who I have know of, but not really known, for years. Today I learned more, I formed stronger connections; I invested myself in the community. And when you really think about it, isn't that what life is about? What makes life enjoyable is that connection to others which gives us a reason to know that we are more than just the sum of our own parts.
How will you connect today?
(cross-posted at This Day In Real Life)
1 comment:
Weatherstone? You crawled on the floor there as a baby - before it had a courtyard and before it was aquired and cleaned up by Java City. The hippie priest who opened it baptized you. I escaped there to read and drink tea on my Sunday afternoons off from being Mama.
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