A Short Story

 

I met someone!

I met a person who is warmhearted and kind, crazy and loud, complicated and very straight forward, stubborn and empathic.

A person who is curious about life and so much more. A person who can cry because of pure happiness and feel deeply sad about "small things". 

I´ve seen that person before. Occasionally. 

Whenever I was able to catch a glimpse of that person I liked what I saw. Not perfect, not at all. But loveable and energizing, inspiring and really great to be with ... most of the time.

Well, to be honest, sometimes this person can be too much. Too overwhelming. Too impulsive. And specially when this person is excited about something, it can become really tiring and obnoxious. 

In the last couple of weeks I was able to get to know that person a bit better. For the first time this person came out into the open, not hiding anymore. At one point I was sure I now do get to see that´s person real, authentic pure self ... finally! 

Yesterday I met that person again - in a new more direct way than ever before.

It happened when the heavy rain started, when lighting and thunder raged across the island.

This was the moment when this person felt the urge to go out into the rain. When almost every other person tried to hide inside or to find some shelter from the heavy rain, this person put on some comfortable clothes and stepped out into the roaring weather.

With an excited smile on the face.

I saw that person jumping into water puddles, not caring about getting wet from head to toe. When a shoe was lost in the water, that person giggled like a child and went back to get it. Crossing the streets with heavy floods of water was only possible by taking the shoes off completely. That´s what that person did, stomping and splashing even more than necessary. 

I saw other people watching that person with ... surprise ... to say the least.

One man even shouted out: "Oh my God!", when this person went by, smiling like a lunatic, not caring about getting wet at all. 

I loved how alive that person looked, spreading the arms wide and lifting the face toward the sky to feel the rain even more. How connected that person seemed to feel with everything around, how content that person seemed walking through the heavy rain, when lighting flashed and thunder roared.  

I do hope this person will be around from now on and forever. No more hiding, no more being shy to show what´s really going on inside. No more denying the own self. 

I fell in love with that person, to tell you the truth. 

I want to be with that person from now on because life feels so much more ... lively ... when this person is around.