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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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I went on a big trip last summer as a scout. We had 10 days to walk at least 200km in a foreign country with a tight budget and a set of objectives to complete, with nothing but what we could carry on our backs. When it came to settle down for the night, we'd simply start asking people in a town if there was somewhere we could pitch our tent for the night, which was pretty difficult, because we didn't know the local language. Absolutely every person we spoke to was so nice to us. I'll elaborate later. I'm pretty busy now.