It all goes by too fast.

Not too long ago I saw an elderly Japanese man walking down the street. The area was not so nice...a concrete jungle of sorts. For some reason i was transfixed watching him walk...with no purpose other than getting from point A to B. He stopped in front of a fence where a lonely flower happened to be blooming. He cupped the flower in his gentle hand and brought his face closer to it. I could tell by his body language that he took in all the fragrance that flower had to offer and for that brief moment he was transported somewhere else. After he was filled from his head to his toes, he proceeded with his walk.....to point B.