Journal MarvinMouse's Journal: A man I saw walking... 1
This won't be a too technical journal entry, just so you are aware ahead of time.
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I was on the bus yesterday, and as always I was trying to avoid unclassily gawking at the young women that I found attractive, and rather force myself to stare out the window at the people on the street. As always, I saw the same ol' stuff... the old car repair shop... the student housing that is for rent for the summer... same ol' everything.
But then, I saw something that caught my eye, an older man, somewhere between 45 and 60, I am not certain. In his business suit, he was walking down the street. Now, this alone wouldn't have caught my attention, but there was more to this mans walk than that.
When I first saw him, I thought, "Wow, there is a man with a purpose. There is a man I could respect." Yet, I couldn't explain why until I started to watch other people walking down the street and thought about how the man was walking.
Here's what I discovered were the reasons for this instant respect for a man I didn't even know.
He stared straight ahead, not at his feet, or in the clouds. He knew where he was going and looked determined to reach there. Most of the university students and other people I saw were usually staring at their feet, or had a dazed look in their eyes.
His stride was strong and straight forward, with his hands out of his pockets. Again, the other people I saw walking seemed less to walk, and more vaguely saunter down the street. They all seemed to barely have enough energy to make each stride. Yet this man, looked like he has the energy of a hundred of the other people I saw. Each stride was strong forceful and direct.
He was clean shaven and well dressed. Naturally this adds to the look of anyone. Yet, I never realized that it helped this much. Most of the other people I saw walking around on the street looked as if they had just crawled out of the dumpster behind the Salvation Army, and were holding up their pants with extensions cords they got from their mom.
But... Even if I am wrong about all this, I do know that when I saw this man, I had an amazing feeling of respect for him come over me. Perhaps he was just a janitor, or maybe he was an executive at one of the tech companies out here. Yet, no matter what, he was proud, happy and strong with where he was, and he showed it in his walk. He was worthy of respect if only for just that.
So why don't you marry him? (Score:2)