While Visiting My Old Dorm

It was a day that amazed me by surprise. I had been doing some sideline work back at my old dorm and when I was leaving. I thought I would leave outside of the chapel. I took a look around the place and not too much has changed. The "stacks" which is the library was all the same. Actually when you come right down to it there was not much that had changed. When I first arrived back here there were it was a time that was nostalgic. As I was seeing the first dorm that I had stayed at and I have been there and on the "grounds" of the university several times.

We always used this chapel at night and we would study for our exams within our first year. Nothing much changed there yet back in that time the chapel went unused for years.

When I was leaving with a few things that I wished to get done by way of my laptop. I decided that I would leave by way of the fastest manner which was through this chapel. Before you know it there was several Japanese and I thought I might get a shot if best. And here there was an ongoing service about to take place in honour of those in Japan. I sat down and talked with this one gentleman and he explained out how he went from being raised from a Shinto family of faith. And then he upon arriving out here in the West. He made a transition. But our talk was on the premise of all that was happening in Japan. Not negative, not one word did he utter of loss but more so of the power within belief and looking at things within the best manner.

Thereafter, my curiosity had got the best of me as people started to slowly come in and I met this lady whom has two sisters that are still over there in Japan. We spoke and she indicated to me what she hoped and wished for within a very good english. He hopes were for that of the best. What was part of my thoughts were primarily in getting people out of the country. Yet I would never say that - I did not wish to breach any respect as I am sure that this had been on there minds several times.

I never would have thought that I would have walked into what I had. As actually more that I had in mind was having the opportunity to do a respectable interview with the CEO of the university as he shall be stepping down from his position soon. But this was one of those coincidences that I can't say was depressing. If anything it was nice to learn and talk and pay that respect.

I still do feel for this lady and all that she had told me. For she had a conviction and regardless of what turns out over there. For some reason they are at ease with it all. There is something to be said about people within the hardest of times. Seemingly they bring about the best within in them and possibly that is due to the value and faith.

As this was not a planned situation but it was something far beyond that. I left the gentleman and the lady with a kind gesture of thank you in Japanese. Leaving with understanding how coincidences even like this can take place.