Sometimes, it happens when you least expected it

I was out with my family when I decided to pass by the bookstores and search for a good book like usual. And then, out of nowhere, when I was not expecting it, I saw my favorite book in the middle of the shelf.

The book entitled "The Little Prince" or "Le Petit Prince" in French, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is one of the best books I have ever read. It has a lot of lessons in the story, and it opens your mind to a much wider world. It always reminds me of some things that I forget to do as I grow older—to imagine and be free.

All grown-ups were once children. But only a few of them remember it.

Growing up is not the problem—forgetting is!

As we grow older, we forget how to take things easy. We give deeper meanings to almost everything, and we forget to sometimes put our feet into someone else's shoes—because of pride. Perhaps, at some point, in our experience in life, we realized that kindness and sympathy would not get us anywhere.

But it is also not wrong to show kindness. We may sometimes show kindness to the wrong person, but things like that are a part of life. As the little prince once said:

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Perhaps, meeting people is just a mere coincidence at times, but those who stayed when no one did are for keeps. Let's strengthen our bonds with those people—like how the little prince took care of his rose.

Things like these are called beautiful coincidences.

Some things are better off coming when you least expect them.