lundi 15 octobre 2007

Dared to say hello

What cynical times they are that we live in. As everyone hurries hither and thither around our tower block, ferrying kids to school or heading off to work, the most we manage might be a brief smile and grunt of acknowledgement to those whose faces are familiar, so when I turn a corner and am met by a spontaneous wide grin and big "Good Morning" from someone I've never seen before my first thought is: "Must be a simpleton". Someone offers a little ray of morning sunshine, simply because they're feeling good, at one with the world, and want to share that feeling with those they encounter along their way, and this is how you react!
Still, it turns out he was a simpleton after all.

3 commentaires:

Donna a dit…

Why was he a simpleton? Had he backed the French to beat the Brits, the Estonians to beat the Brits or Bury to lose this weekend? :)

Ian a dit…

I was only surmising, based on his excessive drooling...

Sophie a dit…

What, more excessive than your drooling? :-)