It pays to pay attention...

I was walking around the apartment complex this evening trying to get some outside air when an elderly gentleman said hello and asked if I was a marathon runner. We started talking and I found out that he was a retired Services officer, and he was a sprinter in his youth. He talked about the training, the running form, and so on. These little vignettes of life- people appear and disappear from one's life, but create little episodes that stay on. When the episodes are pleasant, as in this case, they are cherished for ever.