Public Places

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Public places, especially those public places where there are a lot of people, are always interesting to spend some time at. Without anything specific happening it seems that with every person walking by a whole story is being told...

Looking at the people and how they are moving from one side of the place to another it becomes clear that each person emanates an energy that is uniquely theirs. But they also show a more ‘general’ picture. Common ‘pictures’ are boredom, purpose, sorrow, happiness, relief, haste, relaxation... Yet the list can go on and on...

Just looking at the more ‘common pictures’, there seems to be a vast difference as to how those pictures are taking shape. Sometimes it is literally in the pace the person is walking at. Other times it is more in how they are carrying themselves ~ in whether their weight seems a heavy burden; or is something that is hardly noticed at all... And this doesn’t seem to have any form of relationship with the actual weight of the person ~ a heavy person may walk around as if there is no burden in the world; while a skinny person can look as if the weight of the world is on their shoulders.
There are those that are just staring into space ~ their eyes and minds focussed on sometime, someplace else. They may even be in an entire different galaxy, a different universe...
Almost always there are people waiting. waiting for the next event, waiting until it is time to do something, to be somewhere, to meet someone. For some this seems to give the opportunity for a quiet interlude in a busy day; while for others even waiting comes with a sense of urgency.

Then there are those people who are purposely going about their business ~ and looking at the way they are moving it seems that the one thing that is propelling them forward is their mind as their bodies are experiencing a fairly obvious discomfort...
Sometimes that discomfort seems to be emotional in nature. Other times it is like they are in a situation they don’t want to be in, yet they don’t seem to have a clue as to how to get out of it ~ for whatever the reason. And then there are the purely physical discomforts, for instance of joints that are hurting.
Yet what they all have in common is that they are going about their business without letting their particular discomfort getting the best of them. The message their minds are telling the world ~ even without speaking a word ~ is “I can do this! I may need some help every once in a while, but this I can do!”.

And that deserves a lot of respect!
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