One of those guys whom are paid to hold some papers in his hands, asking random passer-by to stop a while ... to listen and subscribe(?) to whatever idea he is trying to sell. And everyday for the past one week, i have been noticing him and i am sure he notices me.. And yet every time he calls out to me, " Miss.. Miss... " I would just raise my hand and say no thanks.
But today, he changed his technique. From a distance, he has already noticed me, so he ran toward me. Walk with me and in the midst of our 1 minute walk - he sold to me his idea. I still said No. But the idea was already planted inside me.
He represents some company that wants to help a particular orphanage, and so all he wanted from me was to write something for the orphans. Something nice i guess, and maybe throw in some donation for the orphanage too?
I said no, even to the writing something for the orphans.
While he was explaining during our 1 minute walk, i have already mind-mapped and thought about what he was saying and asking of me. Normally i would stop and do/write something for them but this time around, nothing came to my mind. So i left him exactly at the spot just like every day where his booth ends and i walked on back to my office.
What went through my head was just, " What could i write? " What could i have possibly written to these beautiful souls that might make a difference in their life? ", say if i don't have to make a difference in their life, i still don't have a clue what to say to them. I was thinking hard- maybe too hard. But nothing , no idea no light what to write to/for them.
Even as i write this post, i still have no vague idea on what to write for these kids. At this point, i'm just thinking that there's is nothing anyone can say to make them feel better in anyway?
What would you say to them? Share with me, then maybe i can go up to the man and give him a list tomorrow.
