“Food” for thought
Some days ago, I was walking back home.
I was very elegantly dressed because I was coming back from a ceremony.
A black guy sitting on a bench offered me the low-rent socks and clothes he had on a big black bag beside him.
I kindly declined and continued walking.
Right after I passed him, I heard him calling: “Hey, excuse me.. Excuse me!”
I took a couple of steps wondering if I should have just kept walking to avoid the embarassment of an insistent request to buy something, or if I should have stopped and have politely said that I didn’t need anything.
I opted for the latter.
When I turned back the guy was right in front of me, with his eyes crushed in an ineffable expression, muttering some words in italian and some words in english. Before he could even articulate one word I knew he was hungry. You could tell from every single move, from every single wrinkle on his face.
That was the first time I was actually seeing him.
I didn’t hesitate a split second; I reached for my wallet, took out 10 euros and gave them to him.
He literally fell on his knees, with eyes in tears, and started repeating loudly in english: “God bless you! God bless you!”.
I patted him on the shoulder, told him to stand up, nodded as to say “you’re welcome”, and left.
Why am I posting this here, you may ask. The reason is that every single day, most of us take for granted so many things (such as food, the roof over our heads, or even the bed we lay on), that we forget how lucky we actually are.
My suggestion (to myself in the first place, and to you, dear readers, secondly) is to be thankful for everything you have.
Start looking at what you have, day to day, from an outsider point of view.
See how many good things there are in your life. And that is as true for material things as it is for relationships and the people around you.
My suggestion, again, is to stop and look around you, whenever you feel the need for something:
you may already have, in your life, everything you need to be happy.
Lanfrank, and 
Giorgio are discussing. 
Giorgio 8:28 am on January 28, 2007 Permalink
YES CRI!!!
“most of us take for granted so many things, such as food, or even the roof over our heads”
….u forgot to speak about the granted WII!ahahahah see u soon
my friend almoner:D
Lanfrank 2:39 pm on February 1, 2007 Permalink
you’re right!