He got into acar accident. The brain and the spine was damaged and this changed his lifeforever.He doesn't work anywhere because he isn't able to do so. He speaks with agreat difficulty and walks in an unusual way.He lives with his mother who supports him and gives him money. Sometimeshe can be found with an ice cream in his hand because he loves eatingsomething sweet. He walks slowly, he is never in a hurry because he probablyhas no place where he is waited for but his home.It has been more than ten years since the terrible accident. And now heusually spends his time outside on a bus stop. Just standing there andwatching as cars go by. On a bus stop, when he doesn't notice anybody familiar he looks sad anddisinterested. But once somebody known to him passes by, he energeticallywaves his hand and greets the person with a smile on his face. In case he isnot in the mood he simply nods his head. But still he greets the person. And the person of course greets him too. That is, his "occupation" is greeting people.It's hard to say for sure but due to the fact that he greets almost everyone, itseems that everybody in the neighborhood knows him and knows his story. Usually you can see him accidentally a couple of times every month. Eachtime on some local bus stop. It's impossible not to be fascinated how kind and friendly he is to people. Turns out, people in general have a lot of empathyand willingness to accept the unfortunate. It seems that greeting everybody has become a part of his lifestyle becausethat's what he always is found doing. Also you can suppose that every time heis on a bus station he just lovely and expectantly waits for his mother to comefrom work. And it is just happens that familiar people pass by and it would berude not to say hello.So that's his map of meaning: home, mother, bus station and greeting people.Nothing more.You may only wonder how he manages to accept his empty destiny and thefact that he can't be recognized among his peers - primarily because he hasnone, and will have none. His life will remain the same, nothing new until theend of it.Nonetheless he seems to be optimistic and extremely open to people. He iswilling to speak about anything. He rarely starts a conversation himself, buthe usually supports a dialog you begin.Although age is probably 25, he is as friendly and as cheerful as a child.
13 Sept 2017
The Greeter by Andrii Lysenko
He was an ordinary boy until a terrible thing happened to him.
He got into acar accident. The brain and the spine was damaged and this changed his lifeforever.He doesn't work anywhere because he isn't able to do so. He speaks with agreat difficulty and walks in an unusual way.He lives with his mother who supports him and gives him money. Sometimeshe can be found with an ice cream in his hand because he loves eatingsomething sweet. He walks slowly, he is never in a hurry because he probablyhas no place where he is waited for but his home.It has been more than ten years since the terrible accident. And now heusually spends his time outside on a bus stop. Just standing there andwatching as cars go by. On a bus stop, when he doesn't notice anybody familiar he looks sad anddisinterested. But once somebody known to him passes by, he energeticallywaves his hand and greets the person with a smile on his face. In case he isnot in the mood he simply nods his head. But still he greets the person. And the person of course greets him too. That is, his "occupation" is greeting people.It's hard to say for sure but due to the fact that he greets almost everyone, itseems that everybody in the neighborhood knows him and knows his story. Usually you can see him accidentally a couple of times every month. Eachtime on some local bus stop. It's impossible not to be fascinated how kind and friendly he is to people. Turns out, people in general have a lot of empathyand willingness to accept the unfortunate. It seems that greeting everybody has become a part of his lifestyle becausethat's what he always is found doing. Also you can suppose that every time heis on a bus station he just lovely and expectantly waits for his mother to comefrom work. And it is just happens that familiar people pass by and it would berude not to say hello.So that's his map of meaning: home, mother, bus station and greeting people.Nothing more.You may only wonder how he manages to accept his empty destiny and thefact that he can't be recognized among his peers - primarily because he hasnone, and will have none. His life will remain the same, nothing new until theend of it.Nonetheless he seems to be optimistic and extremely open to people. He iswilling to speak about anything. He rarely starts a conversation himself, buthe usually supports a dialog you begin.Although age is probably 25, he is as friendly and as cheerful as a child.
He got into acar accident. The brain and the spine was damaged and this changed his lifeforever.He doesn't work anywhere because he isn't able to do so. He speaks with agreat difficulty and walks in an unusual way.He lives with his mother who supports him and gives him money. Sometimeshe can be found with an ice cream in his hand because he loves eatingsomething sweet. He walks slowly, he is never in a hurry because he probablyhas no place where he is waited for but his home.It has been more than ten years since the terrible accident. And now heusually spends his time outside on a bus stop. Just standing there andwatching as cars go by. On a bus stop, when he doesn't notice anybody familiar he looks sad anddisinterested. But once somebody known to him passes by, he energeticallywaves his hand and greets the person with a smile on his face. In case he isnot in the mood he simply nods his head. But still he greets the person. And the person of course greets him too. That is, his "occupation" is greeting people.It's hard to say for sure but due to the fact that he greets almost everyone, itseems that everybody in the neighborhood knows him and knows his story. Usually you can see him accidentally a couple of times every month. Eachtime on some local bus stop. It's impossible not to be fascinated how kind and friendly he is to people. Turns out, people in general have a lot of empathyand willingness to accept the unfortunate. It seems that greeting everybody has become a part of his lifestyle becausethat's what he always is found doing. Also you can suppose that every time heis on a bus station he just lovely and expectantly waits for his mother to comefrom work. And it is just happens that familiar people pass by and it would berude not to say hello.So that's his map of meaning: home, mother, bus station and greeting people.Nothing more.You may only wonder how he manages to accept his empty destiny and thefact that he can't be recognized among his peers - primarily because he hasnone, and will have none. His life will remain the same, nothing new until theend of it.Nonetheless he seems to be optimistic and extremely open to people. He iswilling to speak about anything. He rarely starts a conversation himself, buthe usually supports a dialog you begin.Although age is probably 25, he is as friendly and as cheerful as a child.
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