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“The surface of Venice is constantly metamorphosing [and] painting Venice is almost like being a restorer, peeling off the layers to find the picture after picture underneath.” ❤️~~~ Arbit Blatas ~~~
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Let me share a story of Venice.
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After roaming around the city whole day, I went near the grand canal. I sat on a step to enjoy the night beauty of Venice. There was a young girl already sitting near me in one of the steps. Suddenly I realized that girl was crying. There was no sound, yet her entire being was shaking. Usually I never interfere in such situations, since I don’t understand how to handle emotional stuff. But I don’t know what happened that day, I changed my sit, and sat on the same step she was. After sometimes I asked “are you ok?” I was lil cautious, cause she has every right to tell me to mind my own business. Instead she looked at me, and said after few minutes that “you are the only person who asked me this in long time”. And just like that the girl broke my heart too!
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She was a stranger. Came to Venice to participate in an art festival. I didn’t know where she came from, she didn’t ask either. But together we shared a meaningful moment in that beautiful Venice night. For an hour, she shared things with a stranger she probably couldn’t have shared with her own people, may be because nobody asked her how’s she doing.
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Then she left to join the festival, and thanked me for listening. We hugged each other and said our goodbyes. Neither of us exchanged our social media addresses or numbers. Cause I know at that moment she was not looking for a friend. She wanted someone to just ask how’s she doing. She wanted someone to listen to her. ❤️
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We are living in a sad world, where we cannot speak our mind. Always concerned how people will judge us if we share our stories. We get so busy within our own life that we forget to ask our dear ones how they are actually doing. Sometimes people just need a pair of ears to listen. That’s it. No suggestion, no opinion, no criticism, no judgment. So are you going to be someone’s ears today? ❤️❤️❤️
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Location- Venice, Italy
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