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I once stopped my car (in the middle of the city) to take a photo of an old, bright red truck over the crest of a steep hill. The woman who lived in the house I parked in front of asked if it was a class assignment, because several people had apparently stopped that afternoon to do the same. I thought that more beautiful than the photo itself.



It also tells us sometimes we fail to see the beauty around us.


Or maybe it says that we all see the beauty around us, but we don't notice everyone else seeing it, too. (More than one person stopped, but only two people knew that.)


Why only two? In fact, several of those who stopped to take the picture were also informed by a neighbour (each time a different one) that others had taken the same picture before.


At least if the woman in the house was good at forgetting and asked everyone if it was a class assignment? :-)


In fact? How do you know that?


Does worry me sometimes that people just make those statements that they seemingly must believe but have no basis in reality.




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