You hear often of people getting "a bad feeling" about someone, or averting some disaster because they perceived someone as shady by nothing but intuition. But, less often do you hear folks say "when they walked in, I knew there was something special".
There used to be a 24 hour gas station half a block from the house. It was both a blessing and a burden; nice to have a short walk to grab a snack, bad to have the temptation. Because this is a boring place, yet still big enough to attract night life, unusual characters would sometimes frequent there. Sometimes they were problematic, sometimes they were just colorful.
There was a particular man there that would catch my attention. I'm going to guess he was in his 60s. Big round belly and a big bushy beard. He wore a shabby baseball cap and wore shabby clothes. He drove an old rusty truck full of garbage. He had a huge smile and a sterling silver Star of David necklace. I would catch his attention, too. He'd make a fuss to see me, and inquire like we were old friends, though, to my knowledge, we'd never met before.
One day, he told me quite seriously, but still with his characteristic joy, "my name is Jimmie James, and if you ever need me, you just yell for me, and I'll be there." With that, he turned and left, and I've never seen him since. The gas station closed a few months after.
I still think of him. I haven't yelled for him, though I've thought of it. Part of me is worried he'll show up(hate to bother someone), and part of me is worried he won't.
Have you met any people that, instead of giving you "a bad feeling", gave you a good one, instead? I'm not necessarily talking about people you have close relationships with(unless that initial feeling is what drew you to them), but just every day people that you know, somehow, have a special spark to them.
Who are your 'characters'?
There used to be a 24 hour gas station half a block from the house. It was both a blessing and a burden; nice to have a short walk to grab a snack, bad to have the temptation. Because this is a boring place, yet still big enough to attract night life, unusual characters would sometimes frequent there. Sometimes they were problematic, sometimes they were just colorful.
There was a particular man there that would catch my attention. I'm going to guess he was in his 60s. Big round belly and a big bushy beard. He wore a shabby baseball cap and wore shabby clothes. He drove an old rusty truck full of garbage. He had a huge smile and a sterling silver Star of David necklace. I would catch his attention, too. He'd make a fuss to see me, and inquire like we were old friends, though, to my knowledge, we'd never met before.
One day, he told me quite seriously, but still with his characteristic joy, "my name is Jimmie James, and if you ever need me, you just yell for me, and I'll be there." With that, he turned and left, and I've never seen him since. The gas station closed a few months after.
I still think of him. I haven't yelled for him, though I've thought of it. Part of me is worried he'll show up(hate to bother someone), and part of me is worried he won't.
Have you met any people that, instead of giving you "a bad feeling", gave you a good one, instead? I'm not necessarily talking about people you have close relationships with(unless that initial feeling is what drew you to them), but just every day people that you know, somehow, have a special spark to them.
Who are your 'characters'?
