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Last night, as I was writing in my favourite coffee shop, I could see someone staring at my computer from my left side - through the glass. The cafe separates the outside and the inside with a transparent glass door - if one person sits inside and another person is outside separated by that glass door, it feels like they are sitting side by side.
I continued to write but still felt that gaze on my screen.
I turned to greet that gaze - it was a cute little girl about 10 years old. When she saw me turn around, she smiled and continued to scan with her face in all directions to see what I was writing on the computer.
I turned the computer to face the glass door so she could see better. She smiled - and ran away after her curiosity was satisfied when seeing what I wrote on the screen ...
It was one of the many times when I caught the eyes of little girls and boys - peering in different direction to see what I was working on --- it felt like being accompanied by them - by the outside world. It feels like, that when we are persistent in pursuing something, the outside world also provides support. Back in the UK, I still remember – some little boys even came up to me to ask me what I was writing; and one time there was a man in his 60s even who came up and encouraged me, saying, "I don't know what you're doing - but with your attention, I believe you will do well."
Have you ever had that feeling?
When am I persistent enough to pursue something? The outside world also gives its support?