Wednesday, February 8, 2023

9th February 2023 - Evening walks

 

If I just give an introduction about this practice, I did it when I was going to an office for work. Now we are working from home specifies and that walk is limited to the home area. There was no companion and I wanted to do so as a relief after staying in a stressful environment for about eight to nine hours. So, I did not select a specific place like a ground or jogging area. 

It is just the main road and it was my jogging track. I used to come by bus or taxi and got down a few miles before the destination and started the walk. That is how it happened and I did not forget to visit some shops sometimes. That shopping thing happened automatically when passing the shops. Not a planned one except for one fruit juice shop. That shop was on my favorite list before I saw how that boy in that shop cleaned the blender using a toothbrush. Most probably it would not be a used brush. But I could not step into that shop after seeing it. Lol...

The most important thing about this walk was the strangers I met. Some of them were police officers who had traffic duties on that route. Some of them seemed like people like me who were returning to homes after office. In some cases both me and they exchanged a smile when passing each other. Sometimes I passed them like I did not see them. It depended on the day I had at the office. Lol... Apart from them, there were beggars on that route. 

One lady was sitting in front of a church, and she used to get the contributions from pedestrians like us. Some days I used to buy food for her from a nearby shop without giving her money. I did so because I thought that their earned money would go to another person who has recruited them as beggars and they won't get food. But irrespective of money or food she had the same acceptance. It was like whatever!