What do I see?
I see a group of friends sitting comfortably on a bench, sharing ideas and enjoying the moment. Around them a monotonous floor and surrounded by walls whose faces are painted differently from each other.
What you feel?
Quite happy for them, because i know that feeling of being in camaraderie, where everyone understands each other and everyone can contribute their ideas as equals. The space that surrounds them, tells me that even though it's very strange, they might be in an art gallery, a museum or some outlandish place and regardless of that, those moments of encounters can happen naturally. Perhaps this group did not even know each other before, they could have sat down to rest for a while and their interests brought them together at that moment. What stands out the most is that that moment is theirs, they are abstracted by what they share and the space or the place simply passes to a second plane.
I also feel some sadness, because i haven't connected with people like that for a long time. My group of friends have emigrated from the country, others have moved away and i too have become cloistered. Inevitably the feeling of longing also arises.
A little story
Some time ago, i was walking in the center of the city, i was already very tired, my feet were aching and knowing that the day was not yet over made my sorrows increase. I was not working or running errands, i was shopping with my wife. That weekend, we had an event with some relatives at home and we were committed to make everything go well. But it was time to buy some curtains and the day started to become endless.
I honestly don't know why that happens to us at those times. We arrived at store number 100 (i don't think it was really 100, but it felt like it) and i tried to keep up with my wife, i really tried, but she had an energy that even the girls in the store had a hard time following, suddenly it wasn't just curtains, but rugs, furniture covers, fabrics to avoid spills... i, at that moment knew she was in her element and i had to let it flow.
While i decided to look for a comfortable place to rest and almost at the back of the store i found the best seat one could wish for, a leather seat, very padded, it was definitely made to measure, better said, to my measure. In front of me there was a TV and as i saw that my wife had all the attention in the store i proceeded to turn it on and you won't believe it, but they were showing one of my favorite series, Dragon Ball. That relieved my symptoms a lot, although i was a little embarrassed to be discovered, so i disguisedly pretended to watch some fabrics that were nearby while watching Goku fight another battle.
There came a moment when i got too much into the fight and i forgot what was going on around me, suddenly someone approached to see some cloths and stayed longer and longer there. I kept an eye on him and discovered him keeping an eye on the TV. I said to myself, this one grew up with my same values. Suddenly another one approached and there were three of us watching the chapter of Dragon Ball, the shame passed because we were dividing it among the three of us. The end of the chapter came and we were already talking about other series that we liked a lot.
Another program started, but it didn't matter, we were already talking about the end of the Avengers movie and how they defeated Thanos. Our wives arrived to tell us that they already had everything they needed and at that moment we were talking about how Messi was better than Cristiano, but that Cristiano was going to compete much more because of his strict training regimen.
Already on the way out, we are sharing our information to make a grill in the following days. Before i knew it, all my aches and pains were cured. Don't tell my wife about this, but if we had stayed in that tent another time i wouldn't have objected.
On the way home i talked to my wife about the boys and how amazing they were. About the things we have in common.
At that moment in front of that TV, in the back of a fabric store, I discovered some great personalities, no matter that we have totally opposite professions i am proud to say, that today they have become my best friends and moments of meetings like that are always expected.
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