The Anchor - Short series

The sun was unusually bright today, and my head as usual slow, as i walked out of the complex the glare from the cars parked on the other side of the street became increasingly unberable. i slipped on my glares and kept walking towards my car. The street is busy, Ron as usual is selling hot dogs on his cart, It must hv been around 2 years that i moved to this neighbourhood nothing seems to ever change, Ron is here from 11 in the mrg till 8 every evening, never seen him miss a day. He been here for 18 years now, 18 years of his life he has been making and selling hot dogs every day, Ron has got a wife and 3 kids. 2 girls and 1 son.





Howdy ! says Albert...aaah Rons most trusted customer, munching away his 4th hot dog of the day. Albert is in his late 40's, never been married, infact i dont think he has ever dated anyone. rumour has it that Albert might get his break with the ladies with Carina, its infact carina is the who has been doing a lot of work, Carina is a single parent with a kid, works as a nutrishinoist in the gym in our complex.





Looking at them makes me wonder, what is it that attracts people to each other, Carina & Alber are poles apart, she is reponsible , caring women who has seen a lot in life Albert on the other hand is one of those unfortunates who didnt really get to see anything life. I purposely chose not to use the phrase learning from life here, we dont learn anything from life, we just accept reality that shit happens, thats our learning, the acceptance.



A couple of days ago during an interview, the journalist asked me 'whats the most difficult thing for you to do', the first thing that popped on to my head was 'forgive and forget', offcourse she wanted a professional perspective, however that thought had me thinking and sent me in a journey of self discovery, am i spiteful person ? am i that controlling ? what's so difficult in forgiving someone? , especially if its someone you care, i recon that is infact what makes it more difficult.



This is a story of few very common ppl , who do very typical and at times mundane jobs, its not about cops, doctors or ppl who save life, its about ppl who live their life with acceptance that they prolly havent changed or affected anyones life.