The sun sets on another day…
It was a beautiful sunset and the clouds parted at the last minute and as night fell the stars were there looking down upon us all.
Darkness is seeping in across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand, creatures crawl, and I’m not sure what they’re in search of, but there is a light.
It’s not often I get surprised. I watch so many movies and read so many books that the plots unfold fairly quickly and I can read the people the places and the things and just figure it out. I’m amazed when people surprise me or when a writer or cinematographer or director comes up with something new and novel that knocks my socks off. Tonight it was a person.
As I was walking into my local grocery store I started singing. Those of you that know me have no doubt that I was singing probably at the top of my voice but at least so I wasn’t humming to myself. It’s the advantage of not having a social conscience. I would say that I was doing okay as I was singing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and walking towards the door. As I did so I suddenly heard a voice join in in almost perfect harmony if it wasn’t for the fact that I was so out Of tune, and catch me word for word in the Mary Poppins song. I looked over and was amazed.
There aren’t many people who have the social wear with all to join in my singing and for the most part I have a tendency to terrify people with my lack of social conscience so this this was great. We had a short conversation and I learned it was one of her favorite movies and that she had seen many others. I left and I walked on and went about my business. I am sure that her daughter, the young lady with beautiful red hair and braces, probably wanted to climb underneath one of the cars to get away from us both as we have been singing, but it seems like she was a good sport and that made me feel even better.
In a world where darkness seems to close in on us all it is fun to find common ground. Even though I purport to have common ground with just about anyone, something like this was absolutely awe-inspiring.
For the beautiful woman who joined in with me singing with the exuberance that I had, thank you for giving me hope in the world. For all the people that have to hear my slightly off tune ramblings as thousands of show tunes and tunes play through my head, oops, I’m sorry. For the lovely young lady who will grow up remembering this as, do you remember that weird guy, you’re welcome. For everyone else thanks for reading.
So as the sun sets on another day, I believe in you. I believe in you because of people like this woman who didn’t need to be afraid and instead saying like no one was listening. I believe in you because of the possibilities. I believe in you because you have the opportunity every day to make the world a better place. If you can make one person laugh per day it’s worth it and doesn’t that make a nicer world. Keep enjoying and making a difference, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and the sound of it was quite awesome…