I was sitting on a boat, from one place to another.
It is not that important where I exactly was, not even where I went to.
Perhaps also what happened.
However it did happen on a boat.
What happened was not specifically bound to that place.
It just somehow caught my attention.
What happened is a girl gave another girl a tissue, I think at least.
When looking closer it was a wet wipe.
I guess, it does the same trick.
To clean what got dirty for some reason.
Apparently the other girl had spilled her coffee, she was carrying a to-go cup.
This doesn’t sound that amazing.
However the girls didn’t know each other, not even related a little bit.
They were even sitting a bit apart from each other.
The girl really reached out to give that wipe.
Which was surprising to me.
‘Nice, of that girl to help her with a wet wipe’, I was thinking.
Then the moment passed.
The same as when I was sitting on that boat.
A bit fast forward to a day later.
I am sitting in a coffeeplace where I go often.
A nice place, how I find it.
Why I went there more than once.
Mostly I write a story there, in this coffeeplace.
A computerfriendly place it is, something I like.
Perhaps even a good place for my health?
A question I am asking myself.
Since I have experienced what I experienced.
Which has become the main focus in my life.
At this moment.
A boost of happiness is what I need.
What is making me feel good and lifting me up.
So, I go to places I like and make me feel content.
One of them is this coffee place I went to in Lisbon.
This day some girls were walking in.
A little group if I remember correctly.
One of them had a text on her T-shirt.
A phrase in white, her shirt was black.
I could read it quite clearly, although she was standing some distance from me.
The words on her shirt said :
‘I am in love with cities I have never been to before’.
I didn’t really think anything of it.
The girls were standing a little while at the entrance of the coffee place.
It was busy inside, they needed to wait to be seated.
I believe it took about a minute or 5, perhaps even 10.
Or something in between.
Then they disappeared from my sight, they were told to have a seat right behind me.
When I think about it now, the phrase on that shirt, I believe it is a nice one.
I just don’t really know why she put it on or what she meant by it.
I mean, what does it mean?
I was questioning when sitting at that coffeeplace.
‘I am in love with cities I have never been to before’.
Is she always on the go?
Does she like to travel?
This is where I am going to leave it for now, I don’t want to take things too deep.
I am still recovering and healing takes energy.
However, I catch myself opening up to a world outside of me.
Wondering, perhaps even amazed with what I see.
Sometimes connected to who I am, how I perceive the world.
What makes it interesting for me to be here, wherever I am.
I am taking a look around, to a world outside of mine.
The conclusion I am finding.
While I am doing just that.
On the boat, in a coffee place or just any other place where I feel comfortable.
Where I feel happy and at ease.
I wonder, perhaps another question comes rising.
Is the reason I watch the world go by, I am looking for love?