Have you ever thought about the lives of the people that pass you in the street?

I'm sitting in Starbucks sipping my grande caramel coffee frappuccino with whipped cream (yes it's my day off but I clearly can't get enough of the place!) waiting to feel inspired to write something. Earlier today I was lying in bed with lots of ideas but I thought I would take my laptop in to town and chill out in Starbucks whilst I wrote. That was about 5 hours ago now, I'm sitting here watching the world go by with all my ideas from this morning, vanished. However, as I watch all the people pass by the window it's got me thinking about all the different people in the world. I don't know these people but they all have lives, they've been places, they've seen places and just because they mean nothing to me they have families and friends and lives full of different things.

Obvious right? The point I'm trying to make is that there are some extraordinary people in the world. Not just the ones that are famous and have done famous things for the world to know about but what about all the people that have fought in a war, saved someones life, given blood, donated an organ, survived a life threatening illness, raised money for a charity, flown out to underprivileged countries to help people that aren't as fortunate? What about all the nurses and doctors in the world that we don't know that are helping to save lives each and every day. For all I know the old lady with a pretty floral bag that had just walked past the window of Starbucks may have once upon a time saved a life or of had her life saved.

Have you ever thought that in a crowd of people there might be someone that you've met before but you'll never know or someone that grew up in the same town as you or maybe even someone that was born in the same hospital you were born in. Things like that must happen all the time but unless you have a reason to talk to these people you'll never know. It's like the saying goes "It's a small world." It's not, but sometimes you meet people that you share experiences with, I often find that. I often bump in to people that share mutual friends or something similar and often I use the phrase. If you think about it though, it's a silly phrase. The world is not at all small but it can often feel like it, especially when you are a long way from home and meet people that are from the same place as you.

There are so many people with a story to tell in this crazy old world so I think when someone has something to say it's worth listening because you never know what they have seen and what they have experienced. One day someone might open their mouth and say something which shocks you, pleases you or maybe even something that changes your life. Everyone has something to say.