My friend and I recently discovered a great local shop, where you can get the best baguette in London ( actually that’s what my friend says, I personally don’t like to talk big, especially If I haven’t tried all the bakeries.). It was one of these evenings when I went to buy my lovely fresh baguette, But!! I kinda knew I was a bit late, cause the bread man told me to come before 7 p.m otherwise quite luckily it wont be any left, but I went there anyway. It was a little after 7, walked in the shop the first thing I did was the check the bread container, down on the floor then slowly my eyes moved to the counter and looked at the brad man. It was more like a film scene when you see the camera is pointing down and slowly tilts up . Anyway I don’t wanna go on about it but I already did. I saw a man standing in front the counter with two baguettes in a bag, waiting for him to pay. I said ‘ but it’s not fair you have two baguettes and I get nothing, with a cheeky smile’ he said ” here, take one” and me asking again ” are you serious’ and he says “yes”
I thanked him and offered him to pay for his baguettes too, but he smiled and said ‘no’ with a hand gesture. Less than a minute later a woman turned up and they started to speak a language that I don’t understand. The bread man said ” you lucky he gave you the bread right before his wife turned up, otherwise she wouldn’t have let him”. I smiled and wished him a good evening.
This made me feel good, amongst many small things happen unexpectedly around me – such as a smile from a stranger for no apparent reason. That little small thing can change my mood completely, from a miserable hopeless being to ‘oh life is so precious, my existence a pure miracle’,and maybe it’s not that bad after all.
Seeing humankind being nice still tickles my hope spot somewhere often hidden in my silhouette, but more importantly witnessing human interactions based on circumstances is very interesting. Operim!