Story

Eavesdropping

제이알44 2018. 9. 20. 12:05

   I would like to make it straight that it was not my intention to listen to what those two old ladies were talking about. I happened to sit next to them very closely at the cafe. And they didn't pay attention much about my sitting around them. As a matter of fact, the space was full and I was staying there a little less than an hour. And I had plenty of opportunities to observe what kind of subjects they were talking about. What I am going to write down is a piece of the subjects that I found very interesting.


   They were around late seventies or early eighties, and had some kind of health problems. one of the ladies was apparently suffering from knee pain, by looking at her walking posture. She confessed her late hobby to travel around and she also encountered her knee pain that caused lots of difficulties to move around. She talked about the truth of travel that it was much better to travel when she was young. She repeated several times that "Travel young. When old, it wouldn't be possible physically."


   I instantly mumbled to myself that 'When young, time and money are lacked. When old, health isn't allowded."


   It is just like life isn't something that is dislocated when I need the most.