I met a young woman in Lloyd Coffee Eatery yesterday.  In a moment, I’ll tell you what she said.  I told her that tomorrow (now today) I’d write about our moments together, changing her name.

Today she was in Lloyd’s again.  I remembered her name but had forgotten that I was going to talk about her in today’s post.  I apologized.  She smiled and said it was okay.

So my current mind flows … into unknown territory, leaving behind some scheduled events and promises.  Everything is so loose, and I need to keep forgiving myself when my focus disappears.

And on I continue to go.

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I’ll call my new friend “Laila”.  She walked up to me yesterday and said:

Do you have any life advice you can give me?

Who says such things to me?  Virtually no one.  In fact, it might be “no one”.  Very few people seem interested in what my life is like.  But Laila was.  I was happy.

I replied with what I’ve said many times, to many people …

If you’re romantically interested in someone, create a situation where you can watch them interact with people, but your potential beloved doesn’t know you’re there.

They won’t be trying to impress you with what a great person they are.  You’ll see “the real deal”.  How do they treat folks who are different from them?

Old people

Kids

Human beings with another language, culture, sexual orientation, skin colour, personality …

Those with a physical, intellectual or emotional problem

Are they kind?

Laila listened.  She said she’d remember my advice.  She thanked me.

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And I smiled inside and out