I was meeting a friend at the hardback cofee cafe tonight (in Hastings) but for whatever reason my charge ran out early on my smartphone, so I had to leave it on the charger. since I got there a few minutes before she did. I ordered my hot chocolate and then found myself with nothing to do......
no emails to check, no text to send, no Facebook posts to like, no Google+ pics to comment on, no YouTube videos to watch, no games to play. all I could do was just sit and wait. what to do? what to do?
I've been so busy over the last few days, I forgot to stop and just "be". so for just a few minutes, I sat and observed the world around me. the first thing I noticed was the voices of the baristas on the other side of the fireplace, I couldn't see them but I could definitely hear them. then there was a young lady doing something with her laptop, a gentleman sitting on the couch reading a book, another young man sitting by the door also doing something with his laptop. I noticed the trash that somebody left on another table, and how quiet our corner of the bookstore was. then I saw a TV in the corner, volume turned down, and all I saw was a darling little girl, 5 or 6 years old, being dressed up and paraded around like a hoochie mama! (DISGUSTING!!)
sadly I didn't want to observe the world around me anymore! I looked away from the TV.
I looked at more of what was on the shelves, the pictures on the wall, and the Cafe around me...
now I just sat. suddenly I realized, I was looking, but I wasn't really thinking, I reacted some, yes, but wasn't really thinking. I mean just think. think about what I want, what I was feeling. not about what I needed to do in the next 5 minutes, or tomorrow, or next week. but really think about.....
then my friend arrived and we started talking, it was a nice visit, we talked about some very serious issues, we griped a little bit about different things, we laughed a little, we shared a lot.
thank you friend, for sharing that time with me, taking time to enjoy our hot chocolate and coffee together.
thank you YAHUAH (God) for showing me, that I sometimes need to stop & disconnect from the world, and just be, just think.
**** I forgot, no tweets to Twitter! ****
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