Give Me Some Sugar

It began yesterday with a kiss from the woman walking her dog. “Hey honey, give me some sugar.” Then a big kiss landed on my right cheek. She also said hello to the lady walking behind me. The other lady fell in step with me on my left and she said, “Are you a nurse?”. I replied, “No, usually people say I look like a teacher.” We talked about the greatness of Target and the Applebees opening Monday around the corner (hooray a restaurant we can walk too). We both agreed that the 8am sun on our faces felt so good, almost like a late winter, early spring day.

We descended to the subway, she boarded the #2 and I waited for the #5 to come in. The platform was packed and I felt that “get a seat when the door opens quickly” feeling. I took a seat next to an older Caribbean lady. She seemed very serious. I pulled out Eckhart Tolle’s new book, A New Earth, and since it had been awhile since I read it I opened it to page 201. He asked, ‘Do I want the present moment to be my friend or my enemy?’ I thought, I want to it to be my friend, and in one split second all the angst and inner commotions dropped away because I became aware as I continued to ask myself this question over and over.

All of a sudden the woman next to me says, “Can I give you this?” as she handed me a business card. She was in the travel business and told me she could help me plan a trip. I thanked her and looked at the card and noticed the word “glory” in the website address.

This afternoon I walked around Saks taking some pictures. When I was waiting for the elevator to go back up to work an old man was leaning against the wall and on his cane. A young Spanish guy, after realizing his sandwich was leaking, was not happy. The old guy laughed to lighten the mood. He reminded me of my grandfather who recently passed away. I missed him at that moment and pictured him standing there. When the guy with the leaking sandwich got off a woman commented on his mood and said jokingly, “Life is tough.” I said that should be his biggest problem.