There is a man I see from time to time as he sits quietly outside a shop. I have had brief conversations with him and think he is homeless. I have never seen him approach anybody asking for anything but I have on occasions given him small amounts of money for which he has always been politely thankful.
I suspect life is very hard for him but he always responds with a cheerful smile.
This morning as I passed him for a second time he had a few dandelions in his hand and it looked as if he was making not a daisy chain but a dandelion chain – something I have never seen before.
We tend to see dandelions as weeds but they are in reality very beautiful.
I looked on line and clearly they are a thing but new to me but what I found quite remarkable was that this gentleman in all his difficulties could see the beauty in these ‘weeds’.
Occasional thoughts 
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