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I was sitting inside Starbucks and thinking what I will be doing to my life to fulfill my dream. I realize that there was no one sitting near the windows. The clear view to the other side of the street caught my attention. The crappy looking building cross street is actually a book store. There are many people inside the book store and reading the books.

This inspired me to re-think how I look at others. If I am away from the windows, I can only see the crappy building. When I get closer to the windows, I see a beautiful book store. A book store helps many enriching their life. So I was not seeing the big pictures about the book store. I thought it’s just an abandoned building.

My eye sight was too narrow. I should look at a thing closer, in order to better understand what it actually looks like.

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So I decided to move down stair and sat closer to a bay window. While I was sitting there drinking my favorite coffee. I saw an old gentleman walking by the window and standing there for over 20 minutes. He got my attention.

I couldn’t resist pressing the camera bottom to capture him. He looks quite handsome, but lonely. I guess he is about 85 years old and was waiting for someone to show up. That person has never shown up.

He stood there with a charming smile for about 20 minutes and left. I asked the staff at Starbucks about the old man. They told me that he stood there everyday at the same time for at least 1 year.

No one ever asked him who he was waiting for. He seems very much enjoying that in his own world. I don’t know what he is thinking. I can tell he is a rich man by looking at the leather jacket and hat. I assumed he is waiting for his long lost love one.

Although he always put up that smile, I can tell he looks lonely as an old man. Now. I felt a little bit lonely too. I miss my wife while I am traveling alone to Taiwan. If I am as old as that gentleman, I would rather have some one stood next to me than be alone. Money won’t mean anything, if you got no one to share with. A lovely one stand by me is priceless.

Now! I see the big picture.

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