I am travelling through Europe right and am at present in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bitterly cold with icy winds lashing the city --- today i witnessed a magical moment.
It happened past midnight on the metro station at islands brygge (Iceland Brygge) near the Copenhagen University.
The platform was mostly empty as i waited for the train to take me to my destination. Two boys moved diffidently into the transparent elevator. They turned and started kissing each other in a subdued manner. Till one of them caught me looking at them through the transparent elevator and withdrew from the other guy. The elevator stood still.
I gave him a big smile and a thumbs-up sign --- and both of them, reassured radiated smiles back.
the elevator moved --- and they were gone , looking down at me.. my train came and i left...
i thought as i walked back to my place of residence in the icy,dark wind-swept night --- these are the moments which lace our life with meaning , where we connect transcending the many boundaries both real and imagined our world encases us in. Sometimes they dont matter anymore , and in one magical moment we realise our own humanity. That which enables us to connect to another --- and renew them and ourselves ---- and then move on our paths again --- towards our worlds.
Next week, i am back in my world in India -- just 8 flight hours from Europe but it might be as well in another era a world away.
-- Jalaj Vaivaswat
Bitterly cold with icy winds lashing the city --- today i witnessed a magical moment.
It happened past midnight on the metro station at islands brygge (Iceland Brygge) near the Copenhagen University.
The platform was mostly empty as i waited for the train to take me to my destination. Two boys moved diffidently into the transparent elevator. They turned and started kissing each other in a subdued manner. Till one of them caught me looking at them through the transparent elevator and withdrew from the other guy. The elevator stood still.
I gave him a big smile and a thumbs-up sign --- and both of them, reassured radiated smiles back.
the elevator moved --- and they were gone , looking down at me.. my train came and i left...
i thought as i walked back to my place of residence in the icy,dark wind-swept night --- these are the moments which lace our life with meaning , where we connect transcending the many boundaries both real and imagined our world encases us in. Sometimes they dont matter anymore , and in one magical moment we realise our own humanity. That which enables us to connect to another --- and renew them and ourselves ---- and then move on our paths again --- towards our worlds.
Next week, i am back in my world in India -- just 8 flight hours from Europe but it might be as well in another era a world away.
-- Jalaj Vaivaswat
