This is kindness.
After having visited the floating market (pictures coming soon) I wandered around and passed some homes on the riverbanks. I noticed a lush garden and discovered not only plants, and an aviary filled with colorful parakeets, but the fragrance of jasmine. An older woman, moving slowly, gently looked at me and I asked if this was her garden, it was, and if I could visit. She nodded gently smiled at me. After walking past her husband who was busy feeding the birds, I decided to get closer to her flowers. Flowers I had never seen before were as bright as the sun and almost as beautiful as she was. She drew me closer to her and she plucked a lovely jasmine flower in bloom and motioned for me to smell. The heat of the day, mixed with the scent of jasmine held in the hands of a kind and wise woman was divine. The woman offered the flower to me as well as another one. I wore it in my hair for the rest of the journey and I do believe that I still have it in my jacket.
