Today I watched a friend in tears struggling to maintain a long distance relationship. My heart went out to her. A confused man who doesn't seem capable of maintaining fidelity to a lonely woman. Are all men inclined to cheat?, she asked me. I don't know.
But in retrospect, having sat with her for a couple of hours, I realized I am quite a compassionate person. Can't really explain why, but as I watched her cry, I felt like crying with her as well. I thought I have lost the warm and kind part of me somewhere along the cold journey in life. Somehow today, it makes me feel human again.
After that entire episode and out of melancholy, I dug up an old record of Celine Dion's, "If You Asked Me To". That song never fails to bring me back to California 17 years ago, to KOIT 96.5 and to the darkened boulevards in the suburbans of Milpitas. Even now, I can still smell the crisp autumn air of 1992.
But in retrospect, having sat with her for a couple of hours, I realized I am quite a compassionate person. Can't really explain why, but as I watched her cry, I felt like crying with her as well. I thought I have lost the warm and kind part of me somewhere along the cold journey in life. Somehow today, it makes me feel human again.
After that entire episode and out of melancholy, I dug up an old record of Celine Dion's, "If You Asked Me To". That song never fails to bring me back to California 17 years ago, to KOIT 96.5 and to the darkened boulevards in the suburbans of Milpitas. Even now, I can still smell the crisp autumn air of 1992.
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