Under The Chicken Noodles Stall

Hello, everybody~

In this post, I wanna recall a not so old story that I experienced months ago.

I was still staying at my kost last semester, so going back to my hometown had become my regular activity every week. But sometimes, I would head to my home when there was a special agenda, it had not needed to be on the weekend tho. I once had this tiring week, I couldn't remember it clearly what I was doing, but it was definitely a hectic one. I felt likee snugglingggg with my bed until night so badllyy. However, I had to attend an important meeting, hence I drove to my home in slightly 1 hour 30 minutes😫

Oh, tell me! Are you the kind of person who likes to have a comfort food when you're tired? If yes, then welcome to the gang😌 (hehe notice that I use visual emoji now?).

Back to my story, I reallyyy loveee having a comfort food when I find myself on the bottom of the ocean as it feels as strong as my dearest one is hugging me haha. I have my favourite one ya, it's chicken noodles. The good news is it's located in my hometown. Wohoo! Is there anything better than that? I don't think so, guys haha.

So, as soon as I got my ass at my home. I placed my bag and stuffs at my room and wusshhh went ASAP to the chicken noodles stall. Anyway, if there is any of you wondering the name of this stall.. it's "Warung Mie Ayam Cahaya". They basically sell chicken noodles and meatball. The rain just stopped, I was freezing. So, I ordered a bowl of meatballs with yellow noodles (dine in), since I'm not a fan of rice noodles.

Tick tock tick tock, it took me almost 5 minutes before they served the meatballs to my table. One thing ya, you could tell that I was exhausted and had zero energy to even just say hi to someone (if only you could see my face haha). What I needed the most was to enjoy my food in peace 😭. But as you guessed correctly, it didn't went that easy. This one buck-ibuck sat next to me and tried to talk to me with a friendly tone. She was just as alone as I was. She sounded worry when she looked how silent and drained I was without a mask haha, so she just tried to cheer me up. I'm not trying to be rude, I always smile even to a stranger that passed by me. But that day, wasn't the perfect day to socialize. The best thing I could do was listening and gave her a smile while chewing the meatballs when she started the conversation.

Now, when I looked back to that random conversation. I'm glad for it. Even though, there is still a little bit of guilt for feeling bothered. I wished I could be gentler and listen to her more truthfully from my heart. When she said:

Don't be silent too much! Cheer up!

Do you have problems..?

Well, when I have problems I always go to this chicken noodles stall to eat. It never fails to make me feel stronger! 

The last sentence is actually the words that will remain within my heart, moreover when I start to understand what she meant. I think everyone wants to be listened whcih the same thing applies to her. Even though she smiled freaking brightly, under that chicken noodles stall.. I saw it, the sadness behind her face which broke my heart💔. It delivered me to a state of mindfulness that she was suffering I had no idea what she was encountering in her life at that moment, but one thing I knew was she needed a listener, so listening to her for a couple of minutes wouldn't actually hurt.

What is your thought?💭

After this, when someone like her is coming to your doorstep.. would you kindly listen to her truthfully or reject her anyway? Let me know!😊

Cheers!