A Sachet of Miso Soup, A spray of Beautiful Love.
To cut this great story short, let us share this simple version:
At the end of working shift, our barista always provide a cup of drink to accompany the journey home. Our friendly daily conversation; “So, how about today… Hot Chocolate or Miso Soup?” (since those two are our favourite ones , even actually we can choose any from wide range of coffees and teas as well). It is getting intense around 15 minutes toward the end of the shift , ‘difficult’ decision that being considered until last minute, as we’d like to have both. And, today decision was Hot chocolate. As usual he made and packed it inside the paper carrier bag. On the way home, as we’d like to sip it, we unexpectedly found also an unopened sachet of miso soup in the bag. Such a surprise!
That’s it, the simple story of the day.
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No, really it is much more than a simple story. It has been such a spray of love that painted up the day into beautiful colourful experience.
Let us list some of them: We are definitely touched by the way he paid attention to unnecessary small detail of us. Such a friend we have, one who cares who we are and what we like to have. We didn’t ask, we didn’t expect, but it seemed that he knew that having it would make our day bit better. We are ‘survivor’, perhaps nothing big we can offer to the others in the world (yet, as we wish we could), but he decided to offer his portion of small ‘the only’ thing he had : a Miso Soup sachet. Life is tough sometime, and the smile of the surprise we encountered had brightened up the day. It is fun entertainment as well at the end of tiring day session, imagining his figure accompanying the journey home, telling us the surprise : “Hi there, have this miso soup as extra, make it by yourself when you get home.”
The list can go on. A small thing has worked beyond itself. At very least, the feel of his sincere to share his life with us has been so moving. A sachet of Miso Soup, invaluable share of love.
To Robert, thank a lot for the surprise! (no need to ask, we absolutely have stirred the sachet with the hot water, … and drink it!)