Namaste

One morning I asked God to show me something I needed to know that day.  I went about my day as usual and went out to lunch with a friend from work.  The restaurant we went to was crowded and there were limited seats.  We ordered our food and wend to find two open seats, once we found two seats I went to the condiment table to get some things.  While I was standing there  I realized I was talking out loud to myself and realized there was someone standing next to me  There was a young man standing next to me and his face was severely disfigured.  He did not speak, I felt embarrassed being caught talking to myself and spoke briefly to him making a little joke about it.   I then went back to my seat and had lunch with my friend.  A little while later I looked up to see the young man standing at my table.  He was waving at me.  There was a young woman with him and she said that he wanted to come over and say goodbye to me.  I said goodbye to him and they left.  I knew immediately what God’s lesson was for me that day.  God was telling me that showing someone that you recognize them for who they are inside is important for them and equally as important for us.  We should not be afraid to speak to or acknowledge someone who is different from us and we should not assume that they do not understand us because they are not communicating the way we do.  We all want to be recognized for the Soul inside.  I was thankful for the young man, he made my heart happy, I felt that he saw something in me, the light within, just as I saw his light.  To me that  experience was an example of the term Namaste, I recognize  the God in you is the same as the God in me.