Comments on: Aren’t We All Independent, Yet Interdependent?

By: Kellin

Kellin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:48:47 +0000

Thanks, Sharon.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:38:45 +0000

Dear Kellin,
Wow, what a story! Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and for penning your observations about this amazing incident. I believe that witnessing and writing about a generous act serves to inspire many more. BTW, if you have shots of inspiration you’d like to share, feel free to float them by me. I’m always looking for inspiring guest bloggers.
Sharon

By: Kellin

Kellin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:42:00 +0000

Hi Sharon, I really enjoy your blog. Your post on independence/interdependence reminded me of an experience Ken and I had at our favorite taverna in Athens, Greece, called DiPorto (Two Doors). It’s packed at lunch with grocers and shoppers from the next door Central Market, business people in suits, and occasional tourists like us. It’s very tiny and strangers often share tables. On one visit, we noticed a stooped, shabbily dressed, obviously very poor man (perhaps not unlike the woman you found in the park) coming down the stairs into the restaurant. The owner immediately seated him at one of the tables with several other people. No one paid any particular attention to him as he was served and quietly ate his meal. When he left some time later, we noticed that he didn’t pay for his food and that no one asked him to. As we were leaving, we commented to a man, who was leaving at the same time, that we were impressed by how kindly and inclusively the poor man had been treated. He replied simply, “Why not? Any of us might be in his place one day.”

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:08:59 +0000

Lovely, Sharon!