Mar 04, 2006 11:24
i was on the CATA bus the other day, coming from downtown lansing, going back to my dorm.
i saw this lady on the bus, she wasn't young or old, but aged. she had a small bag of groceries with her, cheap clothes on, a small little haircut and a really smug but gentle face.
i couldnt help but reach out to her. she looked like if I asked her about her life, she would respond that she doesn't have a lot to say about it. she just looked to typical, so dull and used to riding on the bus to get groceries, doing all that she can.
i dont know, i just kept looking at her and thinking. i wanted to ask her what her story was.
the more i think about it, the more i'm interested. that's why i love my career. i'm jsut going to ask people to tell me their story my whole life. it's so interesting just to see how people got where they were.
we're all so focused on our lives all the time
"oh god i have to get this paper done"
"what the fuck am i going to do tonight?"
"i need some new pants"
"i wonder what he'll say"
it's just wierd to think that everyone else is going through that too. i think it's important to stop and take a minute every now and then and look at some one and just imagine how their lives must have been, you can tell a lot from a person just by the way they look. or not.
this woman on the bus could have been a professor just taking the bus to save gas, going home to her mansion.
if some one asked you what your story was, would you tell them?