That one moment that gave you hope

Why on earth would you think you’re useless? You shouldn’t need anyone to tell you otherwise.

Cool story though. I can’t say I’ve really had any moments like that, not that I can remember.

I had a similar thing happen when I was a kid. Probably just before becoming a teenager. So I dropped some rubbish, a crisp packet or something, and then after a few seconds thought about what I’d done and picked it up again. An old man saw me, and assumed that I was picking up someone else’s trash and said ‘That’s wonderful, I can see you’re going to leave your mark on the world.’ Really made me consider what it means to do more than your fair share. Pretty impactful. Never gonna forget that.

@progressor, German class? Sprichst Du deutsch als Fremdsprache, oder Muttersprache? :)

I always find these random moments with strangers so touching. I remember once, when I was in Europe, I was walking back to my host family’s home, and on the way I met this old german man. He recognized me as not being from the country, and we chatted – he eventually told me about his most sentimental moments and even started giving me advise on the future. Not financial advise and so on, but how to enjoy life. Before I knew it, we’d been standing on the street for more than half an hour, talking such simple talk as the weather, why we loved the country.

I never got to say a proper good bye to him when I left, so that made me a little disappointed…

I know what you mean about feeling late – I’m frequently late for classes as well, and it makes me feel so *small* somehow. Like, teachers don’t trust you anymore because you can’t even attend class on time….

@progressor, dein englisch ist aber sehr gut! Ich hatte eher gedacht englisch wäre deine Muttersprache :)

I’m from the Philippines. Yes, Germany is one of my favorite countries :)

The moment that gave me hope…hmmm…

Ok. So I had been in this really bad relationship for two years and I felt like no one understood it. I thought that my parents would be devastated if I broke up with this guy. I mean, my mother loved him like a son. So when I cut it off, I didn’t tell either of my parents until after. I was really scared of what they would say, because I thought I would be accused of being fickle, or giving up to easily. But surprisingly, my dad told me he was one hundred percent in support of me and that he was proud of me for making the decision on my own. My father and I disagree on nearly everything, so to have his support, especially when I needed it most, really gave me a lot of hope :)

@progressor: Well, it’s not the same type of story as yours but when i was little, i went with my family to an attraction park where there were a lot of machines to catch plush! I was a fan of Diddl (a German mouse <3) so when i saw this Diddl plush, i really want it!
But my father tried to catch it and never managed to get it.
But instead of this plush, he had catch a dog plush. So we wanted to exchange this dog plush for the Diddl plush, we asked the lady who were responsable of these machines, first she said no.
And when we were about to go away, she called us and offered this Diddl plush without exchanging it for the dog plush. So we got the dog and the Diddl plush for free. =D
Her action really touched me. <3