a couple of weeks ago after a tiring day at the vineyard, i don’t have enough strength left to cook my meal so i just bought some fish and chips take away a couple of blocks from the hostel.
while i was patiently waiting for my order to come, there was this boy who walked towards a game machine in the shop. it is a very common game machine, you probably know it, an enclosed transparent box loaded with toys inside where you control a 3-tooth hook device to catch the prize. usually, heaps of colorful stuffed toys jumbled and imprisoned, alive as if teasing unguarded kids to play. the lights on the machine were colorful, vibrantly blinking. unequivocally pleasing.
if my memories served me right, i haven’t played this thing but something really tells me that winning is improbable. so in my mind, i was telling him, “hey kid, no. don’t do it. you’ll just lose your money. you’ll never get that toy. get yourself something else, like candy perhaps. something sure”. but reacting as if completely ignoring me, he inserted a coin and started to play. in just a few seconds, he got what he wanted. his precious reward. a small toy so simple, it could have cost the same amount as the coin he used to play, yet he looked at it in total delightfulness.
he looked at me for a second and walked out of the shop with the biggest grin i have ever seen. you can see the genuine hapiness in his eyes. it speaks of satisfaction, of fulfilment, reminding me that you can really get want you want. sometimes, it just takes a little more faith.
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