so yesterday after church i went with melana and courtenay (staff at shelter city) and 2 guests (from shelter city) nick and dave to a bagels and beans. it was a nice lunch with conversation.
at one point nick directed my attention to a girl sitting at a nearby table...
she was sitting on the edge of her chair with her bag on her lap and a small version rubiks cube.
she was diligently working on it; quite focused.
it seemed as though she had all the time in the world to focus on this small object in her hands.
nothing else mattered.
i was intrigued as i watched, and mentioned to nick that the scene we were watching was good material for a nice black and white photograph. he agreed. and then chuckling, said that he had his camera, but it would probably be really weird if he took a photo. i laughed too...the girl wasn't even 4 feet away from us!
the scene of the girl, sitting in a busy place, focusing on such a small object--it was quite beautiful. life is so busy...so it was nice to see someone just living in that moment.
unfortunately this was the next scene:
she received her order in a bag. this picture of time that i had witnessed watching her with her rubiks cube drastically changed upon seeing her retrieve her bagel in a bag.
:)
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