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I met an old man a few years ago at a rather dull social engagement. In a room full of uptight individuals, this guy was a shining beacon of entertainment. He spouted off one-liners, cracked jokes about how boring everyone was at the engagement as everyone turned their noses up at him. Dude had me laughing so hard I literally had tears in my eyes.
At one point, the man's son walks up to him with a very stern look on his face. You could clearly see that he was rather pissed off by his father's antics. When I hear the old man reply.. "Son, I'm 92 years old. In five or ten years, I'll be gone from this pace and I'll be damned if you or anyone else stops me from enjoying each and every second of it."
I bought the man a scotch and walked up to shake his hand.
I find myself thinking of him every so often. It's been several years now, and I really envy the man's ability to be.. just so damn happy at such a point in his life.
Have you ever met someone briefly that you still remember to this day? Lets hear the story.
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Oh I love stories and I think I have a good one. My mom had a boyfriend for a very short time in my teen years that really kind of helped alter her life. I don't really need to get into the specifics of that. This guy had grown up Amish, but he left that community as soon as he was old enough to. He was very strange, very peaceful. I'm not really a type of religious, but if I were, I'd be pretty sure he was god. What he did for me was give me a small collection of books that propelled my mind and creativity at a time that I absolutely needed it. I don't want to speak any deeper on it, but this one stranger during maybe a few weeks/month of my life completely changed everything with just a few brilliant discussions and a bag of books. I've never seen or heard of him since. He'll never know what he did for me. Pretty cool, right? Don't we all wish we could someday have that kind of impact on the world with just a tiny bit of kindness.