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The World Goes On, Without Almighty Me

It wasn't a rare experience I had the other day, so why write about it? Perhaps it was the element of surprise and the intensity.

Believe it or not I was at the gasoline pump -- hardly the place you expect to have a 'religious experience.' I walked up to the 'office' to pre-pay for the gasoline. A young Mexican-American woman looked down at me, smiled, and I told her what I wanted.

There was something about her youthful smile that almost made me fall over. (And yes, she was pretty.) I thought, "Well, the world will have to go on without me in a couple years. That's not so bad, I guess. As long as it keeps producing young lovelies like her. Let her have my place."

And I got my gasoline and drove off, completely fortified for a new day. 

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Comments

XXXXX saidā€¦

There's a Romeo and Juliet on every corner, every day of the year....always was and always will be.

George
kaBLOOnie Boonster saidā€¦
George, I wasn't writing about Romeo and Juliet. I WAS writing about transcending the Me, the Here and Now.
XXXXX saidā€¦

KB, that's too philosophical for me.
Dave Davis saidā€¦
That was well put, I've seen young smiling polite people that have made me feel the same way.
Bob saidā€¦
A special moment.