Chance Encounters Are What Keep Us Going

Taken @ ** POINT BRASIL **

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'In traveling, a companion: as the saying goes."

I nod. Nod, nod, nod - that's all I seem capable of. But what should I say?

"How does that end?" she asks.

"How does what end? "

"After a companion, how does it go? I can't remember. I never was very good at Japanese."

" 'In life, compassion: " I say. " 'In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion: "

she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms."

I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently. "I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms."

She mulls that over for a while, then slowly brings her hands together on top of the table and rests them there lightly."I think you're right about that - that chance encounters keep us going."

I glance at my watch.It's five-thirty already. "Maybe we better be getting back."

"Yeah, I guess so. Let's go,"

 

-Haruki Murakami - Kafka On The Shore

Done