bus stop conversations…

I was standing at the bus stop, and struck up a conversation with a fellow about a man across the street at a corner of a major intersection. The bus to be coming any minute, we began to discuss our perceptions of the man across the street, waiting for people driving by to offer him money. It was apparent to me from the beginning that we did not share the same view, but something enabled us to explore the topic deeply. The bus was not showing signs of being on time, but i was not bothered by that, because of the interaction with this fellow. In writing this, it is not so important his view or mine, it is more about the fact that we kept an intelligent conversation up for a half an hour, the number 8, by now is no where to be seen, so we began walking. At the top of the hill, we parted- and i realize that even though we had completely different opinions- we were able to share our views with each other, without conflict, and i believe we both walked away with something learned.
How often do we engage in conversation on a bus stop corner, face to face with someone that has different views than our own? And to have a discussion, without desire for changing the mind of the other, but more about the sharing of information, so that we can see within ourselves, what feels right. This is beautiful, and i think that it is a time where there is an opening for these connections to be made.

If you are inspired to share your perspective- welcome!
with wild synergy! Linda

~ by linda on February 22, 2008.