What Are The Chances

Accompanied my mom quite early yesterday morning for a medical procedure one of her doctors advised her to get done.

I had to wait for a couple of hours which the medical facility made me do so in a well thought of area for family members and/or friends of their patients.

I got lucky. The time went by quite quickly after I was joined in the room by the husband of one of the patients and we got into a conversation about the news (and what is covered, and not, by the news or the people who report them) and also a bit about ourselves and our experiences.

The thing about the patient's husband ( I feel bad we didn't bother getting each other's names)was that I would not have talked to him had we not been in the same room. Well, it is quite normal behaviour to just pass people by on the street as you walk or drive by.

And I'm glad we had our conversation. We both learned something new (or not), and not just about ourselves. (At least I hope he did.)

For starters, he thought I was someone other than what I looked like to him. It came up later in our conversation. Didn't bother me a bit. It just proved that we have different perceptions and if we only took the time we would be able to correct ourselves and resolve issues without resorting to weirder forms of behaviour, i.e. the recent Scott McClellan disclosures about you know who and you know what. BIG SURPRISE ! !

Yes, politics was a topic. Actually, it was how our conversation started. But, unlike so many others, we were able to move on to other topics without knowing what our political leanings were. There are more important things to be bothered with (or by). As in the price of gas and old cars. He said he had a couple which he maintains and gets to use occasionally cause we never get past the age of 18 (or 19). There, another point of agreement - our bodies age, not our minds (or state of mind).

Yes, the reason both of us were in the same room was also something we talked about and moved on from. No one wants to be sick. It's much like age. Once we get born we don't have much of a choice. We'll just have to grow and mature and age as we go along and deal with it. Well, that's how it is for some. And you've seen and will continue to see others who don't think so.

And we moved on to the MAFIAs of the current world. They're not gone. They've just gone into other things and gotten themselves legitimized as in the oil companies and the credit card companies.

We talked about places we grew up in as well as places we spent part of our lives in, including places we would not want to revisit. And yet we acknowledged that these were the places which made us what or who we are. They would always be with us wherever and with whoever we were. And maybe even share them with a total stranger in a place where we come to heal (or get healed).

We were two different people with our own unique set of problems and issues, likes and dislikes, joys and pains. So unlike what goes in day in day out, and not only in most political arenas. Unfortunately, people would rather go for their own selfish agendas rather than see the really common agendas people have.

So, what are the chances ? Why can't most people take the chance/s of a simple conversation from which much can be learned and get things done or issues resolved, UNEMOTIONALLY ? We're all just passing thru, passing time and wanting the same things even if we have different ways of wanting (or getting) them.

What are the chances ?