Is it the weekend already? You’re supposed to answer the obvious. Unless your weekend starts on a Sunday or Tuesday.

I’m on my one of my 10km walks. The sky is billowing with black clouds, looking like it is about to burst at its seams. A strong drizzle is already coming down and I, cowering under an opened umbrella; must complete my 10km distance. A couple of people pass by. “Raining” one said. while pointing to the sky. Again, it is the obvious. I smiled and replied, “Yes, it is”.

On another of my walks, a neighbour sees me walk by at a fairly brisk pace? “Jogging, ahh?” That got me thinking about the word, “jogging”. Off the bat, I consider jogging as a run, mostly slow run. Small steps, moving 3km/h to 5km/h faster than a general brisk walker like me. Not too fast, but faster than the casual walk. It turns out that Wikipedia agrees with me. 😀(1)

So, the neighbour is quite correct when she asked if I was jogging, because I was not running. However, I was walking faster than my usual pace (which is in itself, quite fast, above the average).

There are multiple other incidents similar those mentioned above. Many are strangers to me. The message. People are kind. People are friendly. People want to make conversation, even though just for a few minutes.

Just a few days ago, as my wife, Jeannie and I were leaving Sunway Pyramid after some light shopping (I did not find the the item I was looking for). Our car was parked on CP3 (Level 3). So, we walked up to the pay machine as we usually did, keyed in our vehicle number, flashed the credit card to clear the transaction, but it failed. After a couple of attempts to make payment, I saw a small sigh above the machine stating that it now only accepts debit cards. We were going to walk one level down to pay with our credit card, when a young couple asked us to key in our vehicle registration number into the payment machine again. When we did, the lady used her debit card to pay. The payment cleared. I tried to pay them back but they did not want to accept it, saying that it was a small amount.

Is this kindness, or caring, or any one of the good words or statements you can think of? I would say a little bit of each. People just do what comes naturally to them, without a second thought.

I am grateful for people. I find them fascinating, don’t you agree? The more I think of it…the more I ask questions…and get answers…, they lead to more questions. Am I becoming philosophical (I can hardly get the spelling right)?💭🤔

Musings

NOTES:
1. Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods of time. Performed over long distances, it is a form of aerobic endurance training. Wikipedia