SO currently it's some random hour in the morning and I'm up for no particular reason. When incidences like that occur, I'm normally on this simplistic trance-like getaway and feel the need to expel all that is within the confines of my mind. I feel very at peace.. which is quite nice actually.

I have found my home in Castle Hill library over the past few days. In the gardening section to be exact, where cushiony seats and empty powerpoints are there at my disposal. Normally, it is also the chilling spot of the elderly (finally, a break from them fob and bogans), and it's been nice to just exchange a few words of kindness, like telling them to have a good day and all :) I've realised that I quite enjoy talking to strangers, provided that they are not strangers of the pedofilic kind.

Like the filo lady who lives down my street for example. I used to see her on some days when I walk to school in the morning. She'd always smile and we would chat for a little while... about how she just got off work, if everything was going well for me, if I was coping okay. I think it really brightened up my mornings, especially on days when my stress levels were skyrocketing through the roof.

I bumped into her again on the morning of graduation. Thankfully I wasn't as teary as James Le cos then it would've been a shocker. She wished me well and told me to keep in touch :). I think I'll bake her cupcake and pay her a visit after the HSC.

Speaking of nice people, this elderly man who lives behind me (I still don't know who he is) slipped me a card in my mailbox a few years back. In his scrawny handwriting, it read;

" To the Musician,

It is great to hear someone running nibble fingers (something which I have long since lost due to my Parkinsons Disease) across the piano keyboard. I often hear you practice when I'm out in the backyard. It is a pleasure to hear the practice, even scales, it is not a nuisance.

You have a magnificent gift of music. Keep up the practice to enhance your gift, then use it wisely.

Keep practicing,

Ron, your backyard neighbour."

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It was incredibly sweet of him, I still remember him sometimes on those rare occasions when I do play.

I guess what I really want to say is, do something nice today! Be it for a friend, a family member, or even a stranger.. because you CAN make a difference.