PeopleSpotting

I am torn between airports and hospitals.

I can never make up my mind which place strikes me the most, or should I say interests me the most.  I used to be an airport brat, racking up reward points for free flights almost every month.  I would go by myself and be by myself while waiting for departure.  And a big part of my anticipation of being in sky harbors is when I get to see all kinds of human drama imaginable in this soap operatic world.  

I love seeing soldiers coming back to their families, I share the sadness when I see Army men being deployed and leaving their families for awhile.  It is at the airport when you see the best and the worst of human emotions, and that fascinates me. Because I think that we become our true selves when we feel the most vulnerable, when we leave or see a loved one or when we embody our social nature as human beings.  

Right now, Im sitting by myself waiting for my appointment in the hospital and like airports, hospitals carry a certain air of emotional lability.  I might see someone relieved after getting good news from a doctor or someone who is tearful because of a health scare.  Either way, Im looking at human emotions again and how people have the ability to empathize and to be drawn to others.