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WDYDWYD? - A short story to help you reflect
Life went whizzing by.
The elderly man had just stepped down from the train and was steadying himself for a moment on the busy platform; as usual, it took him a while to adapt to all the to-ing and fro-ing. Out of the corner of his eye, he spied a quiet spot behind a pillar to his right and then, as if swimming against a shoal of humanity, he weaved his way to the calmness and placed his small suitcase on the ground.
In that welcome pool of tranquility, standing with his back to the pillar and holding his hands rigidly by his side, he began to stretch out his aching back - as his doctor had shown him how to do - by shifting his shoulders slightly upwards and gently moving his head up-and-down and from side-to-side. Then he began to raise himself up on his tippy-toes, or as close to that goal as the old legs would muster, whilst slowly moving his hands away from his body in a sort of flapping motion.
From a distance he looked as if he was attempting to levitate, or for those under the influence of narcotics, to take-off in slow motion; at least that’s how it appeared to the two laughing teenagers on a nearby train who, using their cell phones, were now capturing the strange ritual unfolding before their glazed-eyes. This is awesome grass, dude.
