July 19, 2004

• Why is it that people will go out of their way to avoid unsolicited conversation, especially with strangers, but those same people on a walk with their dog, or riding their bicycle, or out for a stroll, will say "good morning" as you pass? It must be an unwritten law, although when they have laws such as "no hanging your laundry to dry on a Tuesday" still written in the books, you think they could adjust it to add one of kindness there. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is, when you go out of your way to avoid eye contact while walking, so as not to make it weird for them (yeah, right), they surprise you with a friendly hello, a thoughtful good morning, and don't realize that it is capable of tipping the scales on what type of day you might have. It always makes me smile.

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