Monday, February 12, 2007
i sometimes wonder if life kinda just happens to you.been meeting quite a new people lately and when i think about it...i wonder whether they find me as different as i find them to be. met this old lady when andrew, dhoby and i were on our way to dinner the other day and she was a real strong old lady. she was collecting cardboard boxes to sell and they were stacked so high that she couldn't quite see where she was going but she was bent on getting to her destination with all those boxes anyway. so andrew offered to help her. and we were amazed at how she worked so hard to make money and how others obviously noticed that and stall owners and all were extra generous in their dealings with her. she didn't seem to feel sorry for herself or call attention to her situation. she just went about doing what she did everyday. to me, her life seemed extra hard...but to her it just seemed..normal.and i've been meeting various unwed mothers and i'm amazed at how life is for them. i'll never understand...but i'm surprised how easy it has been talking to them and how much they're willing to let me in and share their life with me so honestly and openly. i mean i've always known that all i thought was common and normal in my life isn't actually so...but seeing how someone 2 years younger than i am has 2 kids makes me realize how truly different people end up. and at the end of the day, i see strengths and character and resilience i've never quite seen before. it's something borne out of the circumstances of life that most of the people i know don't go thru. it's something that is hard to explain, yet it's unmissable (if there's such a word).so perhaps yeah, life may kinda just happen to people. but it's amazing seeing how they choose to respond. i'm glad that unlike the poor dog that i saw get run over a few times, life's hard knocks don't always have the final say.
