Posted by: littleness on: November 11, 2008
The power words have to lift a mood or change a life never ceases to amaze me. Sitting on the fence between optimism and pessimism, swaying with the day’s winds… What finally influenced me to jump off to the brighter side? My mood changer for the day came in the form of a single sentence:
“One of [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 10, 2008
A tall boy walks past my car, chatting warmly to another little china, possibly less than half his height and of a skin tone on the opposite end of the colour spectrum. In matching uniforms, they join a trickle of school goers. No reservations, no worries. As he smiles, leaning slightly towards his friend to [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 9, 2008
A facial and manicure appointment this morning came with an unexpected complimentary body exfoliation. While I agreed to a half body treatment (nudity isn’t really my thing), the exfoliation, moisture treatment and massage did little to relax me. It wasn’t until a waft of lemon scent drifted from a product as it squeezed into the [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 8, 2008
The sign on the Nescafé vending machine at the Laundromat this morning sums it up nicely.
Every now and then something breaks and we’re forced to appreciate the small things that we routinely take for granted. A few hours ago, I made breakfast for my mother who injured her right hand and will not be able [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 7, 2008
Today, a surgeon called a former patient going through chemotherapy to treat colon cancer to ask how she was doing and to tell her to “hang in there”, to be strong and to tell her that she’s doing well. She sat and cried “happy tears”, because he took the time to acknowledge her as a [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 6, 2008
I saw a man, today, spare a woman his anger and frustration through humour. A lightly delivered joke and gentle movements shared his feelings without aggression; delivered his message with kindness.
A few minutes earlier, his beard and silent demeanour at first made me see him as unfriendly; possibly harsh.
Those few seconds gave me a glimpse [...]
