A beautiful winter day that makes us think about the spring. A day when you cannot stay in the house, it's normal to go for a walk. A walk that brought me close to the Opera House in Iasi. For two reasons, the classical beauty of the building and the small park near it. The park that boasts its wonderful trees, especially the platanus, my favorites. In winter, I like their shiny and almost white skirt.
You can have a feeling of well-being, a feeling of happiness in such moments. Moreover, an extra reason for joy is that I discovered in this park, living in the platanus I told you ... a pair of parrots! Free parrots in Romania should not exist, especially in winter. Parrots are tropical birds! However, these parrots seem to feel very good here. I observe them for a month and seem to be adapted to our temperate continental climate.
I feel wonderful, really happy to see them here. The world becomes smaller and interconnected, as we are here.
Looking around and in me I feel like I'm fine, the world is beautiful, the life is beautiful! There are so many nice things happens with me, the chance to travel, to live in a beautiful city like Iasi. Iasi is one of the most beautiful cities in Romania. It's not beautiful through unitary architecture, this doesn't exist in Romania. It's better live in than is beautiful, the atmosphere is great and most end up falling in love with this city.
This is the city, this is the place but to return to my walk that pushed me to dissertations about happiness. Usually, when we are good and happy, we think everyone is happy and has no problems. That's what's happening to me. An agitation and many noises coming from the Opera House quickly changed my perception.
Police, fire brigades and all sorts of intervention machines and equipment. I thought in the first moment that the beautiful building was in danger. I was wrong!
I received a lesson and a correction and I saw that not everybody is happy at the same time with me.
There are unhappy people. There is unhappiness very close to us, unhappiness of different causes, multiple causes.
In this case, a 51-year-old man without a home and trying to forget the misfortune with alcohol. A man who climbed the Opera House, even on her emblem and threatened to commit suicide. His wish was that the city's mayor would come and provide a home.
The man's courage was boosted by alcohol and probably inspired for this protest from this theater character hung by the building of a nearby theater.
Beyond the way he chose to protest, maybe a little debatable ... I was hit by man's unhappiness. His action couldn't end well for him in any way. His future doesn't look good at all. His life is good only when he can buy alcohol, but after the euphoria and wine end, the ugly reality encompasses and sends it to desperation and extreme gestures.
So I saw desperation and unhappiness from several angles. I am now referring to the image of this man climbing on the roof and threatening suicide.
A few pictures, the emotion made the hand tremble.
I then found out that this was the third attempt of this man to draw attention in this way. The whole story ended by giving up the protest.
The people who witnessed this incident have reacted differently, of course. From some who were amused to those who were impressed by that man's unhappiness.
For me it was a lesson. It reminded me that things aren't going well and that many people have no joy, they have an unhappy life. It doesn't matter why.
