lock your love.

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these are all people that have locked and promised their love to that one special person

xo

would you of stopped?

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold, December morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100 each.


If noone took the time to stop and notice this, what else in our lives are we letting pass us by?


xo

a much needed inspiring moment..

today while i was out for lunch with a good friend, we noticed the cutest pair of old men playing board games at their table.. such cute innocent fun.. somewhat creepy that i took a picture.. but i did it just for you! and it put a big smile on our faces! so hopefully it puts one on yours too! =D





i hope i have a few good lifelong friends that i can count on to play board games with at subway!

xo

p.s. thank goodness for blackberry cameras, its easy to be sneaky! would of been awks if they saw me snap a pic =P