and partly because i meant it and partly to impress her
i told her of the way i see people, some people
some people who seem to exude this quality of world-knowledge
i explained it thus..
there are some people you see in everyday situations
and then just looking at their faces you know that they know the meaning of life
they are content with their life and they have no issues with anyone or anything
they just appear to be placed there at that given spot with that serene look on their face
talking to the people who know them
acknowledging kind gestures
and generally not coming in anyones way
it is very easy to miss these people as they do not demand attention
i gave her an example of well.. two people i know who appear to be these kind of persons
one is an old lady who sits opposite the post office near my house and sells boiled eggs on the street.
she does not carry a whole lot of eggs but just enough to get her through the evening..
whenever i pass by i have never acknowledged her and she has never noticed me..
yet somehow i know that there is no need to do any of those things..
on a given day if i decide before hand that i'm going to buy one of em eggs to eat that day then surely she will be absent or the eggs would be over.
i told her that i saw a similar person on the middle bridge at borivli station that day..
he was selling books and didnt care that no one in particular was interested in buying..
as i walked past i made a note to myself to buy a book on the return journey should he still be sitting there..
and after what 4 hours and countless incidents i returned to that spot to find that he had relocated to other lands..
i thought that was just as well as it went a small way in proving that i was correct about teh whole mysterious people thingy..
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