I met a beautiful soul yesterday. I went to work with my computer to a local cafe so that I could have a naughty treat; It was lemon drizzle this time :-) and also be among people, sometimes when you work from home all day this is in itself a treat. And the magic of connection sometimes happens; a smile, a kind good morning, someone offering you the newspaper, a short conversation with the staff, a peace dove sneaking in with the bill...lots of possibilities for love and kindness. Well, magic did happen...I heard a man who was speaking with difficulty and very loud. I noticed he could not do so clearly and he had some kind of impairment. As it often happens people looked at him-or avoid doing so-and then-as if embarrassed or afraid-looked down. In these cases I try to do the opposite. I imagined a person in these circumstances would want to feel included and not excluded. So I decided to deliberately look at him and smile. It was an instant! He looked at me, smiled and immediately said 'hello'. With a combination of spoken and body language he asked if he could approach me. I agreed. He introduced me to his friend and explained that they were both deaf and one of them taught sign language online. He even told me about his wife and how he loved teaching. I apologised for not knowing myself sign language and hoped I'd learnt. We still managed to have a beautiful 'conversation' which made us all very happy. I'm sure we'll meet again. The magic of being and being with others...
