This incident happened to me some 5 years ago but its still very much fresh in my memory bank. It may not be a biggie but to me it is .
It happened when we were coming back from our France trip. We were waiting for our connecting flight. I was staring outside the glass doors of waiting lounge. People were running /walking towards their destinations.
I saw this one guy, and I dont know may be while I was thinking something totally different my eyes were kind of fixated on him. I know I wasnt staring him but my eyes were somehow following his every move.
I guess he saw me looking at him and I am sure he would have thought that I was staring him (which I was but not consciously), so he waved at me. Now I don’t remember what I was thinking. I was so much engrossed in the thought process that though I was looking at him but I dint notice his wave.
Now you must be wondering how do I know he was waving if I dint notice.. that’s because though I dint notice but subconsciously my mind acknowledged that. Anyways, he waved again and this time I saw he was smiling. He was standing on one of those walking escalators at airports. As soon as I came back to my senses I automatically waved back ( hesitantly).
He was about to pass me any moment now and just before that, he did these gestures…………
His first gesture was asking me to smile ( with his thumb and middle finger at both sides of his lips )….
His second gesture: he kissed his first 2 fingers …
His third gesture was after kissing his fingers he waved a Peace sign at me..
Now I was not only waving back but I was smiling too.
All the scenario took may be some 30-45 seconds but to me it was very elaborated incident. That is why the memory is so much fresh in my mind. Though I don’t remember how he looked like, but his smile and his gestures will always remain imprinted in my thoughts and heart.
Since that moment till date I never met / seen anyone doing same gestures. But one thing which I adopted was whenever I see anyone with a very serious expression on their face whether they are walking, driving .. sitting or whatever.. I gesture em to smile ( if the moment and circumstances allow)
Mostly people smile back but once a blue moon they dont but I feel good that atleast I tried.
I am thankful to that RANDOM STRANGER who showed me how to do A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS.
Posted by ellen on February 23, 2009 at 5:50 am
That was truly so nice. Wish that strangers crossing our paths were more like him lols!
Yeah, you’re doing the right thing .. spread the smile around. 
Posted by Rupesh on March 20, 2009 at 6:11 pm
wonderful stranger i must say..
and i will keep that in my mind as well..