PEOPLE I MEET ALONG THE WAY

I've decided to start a photo journal of the people I meet as I walk my own path through life. My object is simply to record a brief moment in these stranger's lives. Usually our meeting is a chance encounter during the course of a day. I've found that each person enjoyed the opportunity to share something of their life - a moment; a feeling; a story.

Alex Haley said that "The death of each man is like the burning of a library." When I watch the people who pass by each day I wonder about their lives. What stories do they hold... and what stories do they want others to know.

Everyone has stories to tell. We only need to be patient and listen. Each of these people has enriched my life in some small way just because they took the time to share their time with me. People are a wonder.

These are just a few stories of people whom I've crossed paths with - People I've met along the way.

Tavit

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

This is Angel. I met her when I was having breakfast in a tiny cafe in a seedy industrial area close to Providence. Angel was with her three year old son and husband. When asked what he husband did for a living, she said "He's out to save the world." 

I asked her what that meant and she said that sometime ago their home computer broke and they didn't have enough money to replace it. She said that their friends began to bring computer parts over to her house and that her living room was soon filled with "all sorts of things." After her husband put together a computer for the family, he decided to start collecting old computers and repair them to donate to other people who couldn't afford them. 

That was how Angel defined "saving the world." 

I think that's fine. I like what her husband is doing. 

More people should try to save the world. 

Have a nice breakfast Angel.
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