Fljotavik

as i was travelling home today
walking past old men and women busking or selling tissue paper or giving out flyers

you see most of them were singing songs
and it occurred to me just vaguely though
that we sing when we are happy
but are they happy when they sing?

then it came across to me how important it is to be kind

smile at a stranger
take the flyers from the people giving them out
spend the loose change you don't need on tissue paper from that grey haired woman you see outside 313
it probably won't make a difference to us, but it will to them

greet everyone
be cheerful
be polite
be kind

i smiled at a bus driver on the way to the train station just a few days back
she was a malay woman with a head scarf on
she was wearing spectacles
with so much sincerity, she gave such a sweet and wide smile in return
she said "such a sweet girl smiling there"

i probably made a difference for her that day
just like how she made a rather significant difference in mine

you see i felt this release
like a.....sort of load being pushed off
like kite strings being cut free
i don't really know how to put it into words
but it just made my day


be kind