cabs and all, in Toronto..short term love affairs with strangers
| April 22, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
The times when I take cabs and public transit are far too enjoyable. Is it silly? I don’t know..I guess these are the scenarios and people around whom I can relax most. I don’t need airs with cab drivers or people sitting in seats beside me in cramped quarters. I can say what’s on my mind and never have to bother about making a good impression.
I was in a cab a couple of weeks ago and we both lamented over the weak employment insurance system and how we both were not receiving the government services for which we’d paid. It was such easy back and forth conversation, I felt like I was talking to an old friend. As I got out of the cab, the driver voiced the same sentiments I’d felt throughout the ride: “You know, ma’am, I really enjoyed talking to you. It was just so easy…”..I pranced on air towards the elevator..to think, I don’t imagine these meetings of minds!
Tonight, the cab driver who dropped me home was so very kind. We talked about Indian movies, the industry… I guess the extent of my fallacies was feigning knowledge of some Indian actors’ whose work I didn’t know but with whose I names I was familiar. He was so positive, though! He motivated me, dispelling my fears! I found myself confiding in him..A mere stranger.. We were talking about acting, his children, his wife..how he’d claimed refugee status on false terms..lol..I know, it’s bad, it’s totally effing with the system..but hey, he got through it…I’m sure worse things have been done.
Anyway, I actually climbed out of the car feeling like I could do anything. Maybe I’m corny and I’ve been reading too much from Mustard Seed and the Gospels according to Thomas..but I do feel connected with a force within, these days..
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