Holiday spirit?

Matthew tells me that on the bus a man asked for directions. A woman hearing him offered them, and they began talking. He spoke of how difficult it was to be happy in this world. She asked him what his needs were. He told her and she identified them as all material. She spoke of how one needn't have so many material desires in life, and how that would make one happier. By the time the man arrived at his stop, he seemed to agree. As he alighted, he gave the woman a twenty dollar bill.

Walking south on Fourth Avenue, near Astor Place, I passed a woman heading north. She paused and turned and asked a woman standing on the corner if she liked choral music. "I love choral music," the woman replied. The first woman then proceeded to invite her to a performance that afternoon. "My friend can't come and I have an extra ticket." I'm not sure of the second woman's response.
Posted by eku at December 5, 2004 10:32 AM