it will still be there tomorrow.

he enters with a mission
the 50% basket. if nothing is in it that he likes
he always turns to me and says:
"will be back tomorrow"
cuz tomorrow the 30% off bread will be 50% off.
today he came in while i was talking to another customer.
she and i talked about the fact that money seems to disappear a lot
faster than we make it.
we laugh. haha, funny us.  bad, bad money.
he found what he was looking for, she leaves.
his coat is so yellow i always think the sun is standing
right in front of me.
we chat. he always has a wisdom of the day for me.
today he says:
"it will still be there tomorrow. if you go inside a store and you feel
the urge to buy something, just tell yourself 'it will still be there tomorrow'.
then keeping your hands close to your body walk out and go home. i promise
you in most cases you will have forgotten tomorrow what you so desperately thought
you needed in that moment. i saved so much money over the years. of course,
it took me about 50 years to figure this out".
he laughs.
i look at him while he is talking. and it's one of those moments when i know
whatever he is telling me will stay with me forever.
you know what i mean? when you look into the eyes of a stranger as he/she
is telling you something and you feel that message was meant to be passed on to you from beyond
what's meeting our eyes? whatever that is. energy. universal wisdom. karma.
i thank him and tell him that i will remember it.
he takes his 50% off bag of bread and heads out.
so far i never really took the time to listen to him. sometimes he talks a lot and his
jokes are not very funny and sometimes offensive. but today, i felt we connected.
i hope he will be there tomorrow.