You know sometimes there are moments when you are kicking yourself that you don’t have your camera, and then you realise that your memory has taken a picture that you will never forget?
...Here ......I am frequently taking snapshots in my mind. Today was like this. As I was walking along I saw a little boy, he was coming out of the IcFEM headquarters as I was going in, he was in a wheelchair and his mother was pushing him along, when he saw me he absolutely beamed...i am trying to remember when I have last seen a smile like his. He was so full of joy I could see it shining out of him! I asked him how he was, and just when I thought his smile couldn’t be any bigger he beamed all the more. This little skinny boy with no shoes, who had no speech and no use of his legs was possibly the most beautiful boy I had ever seen in my whole life, and his smile was contagious. I felt, just by looking at him I caught some of his joy.
Kenya seems full of moments like this, I am not sure if it’s just that I am someplace new, or if I am away from distractions, but this seems a place which despite all the need, all the bad stuff, all the skinny children with no shoes, there is a glimpse something wonderful!
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