Phương Hoàng Hamilton: Take a Walk

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Nhìn sau lưng chàng qua cửa kính tiệm Cà phê Tim Horton. Em nghĩ trở lại chỗ đậu xe đâu cần đi đường cũ. Cứ thẳng đường sau lưng chàng rồi quẹo trái là về chỗ cũ...

Chỉ nghĩ trong đầu em thôi. Vậy mà khi vừa bước ra khỏi cửa tiệm cà phê anh nói:

- Cứ đi thẳng đường trước mặt nghe em...

Chàng chỉ nói chừng đó rồi thôi nhưng em hiểu ý anh rồi.

Em cười gật đầu và theo chàng đi con đường trước mặt là trở lại chỗ đậu xe để tới đi giờ tới chỗ gặp gỡ các con cháu đã hẹn.

Em tự nghĩ, mình chỉ nghĩ trong đầu khi đối diện với chàng và cái cửa kính sau lưng chàng là: - sẽ cứ đi con đường đó là về chỗ đậu xe mà không cần vòng lại đường cũ. Vậy là chàng đâu có nhìn thấy đường vì cái cửa sau lưng, mà chàng đọc đúng ý nghĩ của mình. Vừa đi em vừa cười vì đây không phải lần đầu chàng đọc được ý em.

Cho nên phải suy nghĩ trong sáng rõ ràng thành thật đàng hoàng ....vì chàng sẽ̃ đọc được tư tưởng của em đó.

Nhà Phật gọi là khả năng “tha tâm thông”.

Take a walk

It's been a long time

I've just had a chance to come to Toronto

Take a walk

The park is deserted early

Walk up the hill

Walk around the street

Sit down here

Drink a cup of hot coffee

Continue walking down the crowded street

Looking behind him through the glass door of the Tim Horton's Coffee shop. I thought that going back to the parking lot, I didn't need to take the same route. Just going straight behind him and turn left to get back to the same place...

I only thought in my head. But when I just stepped out of the coffee shop, he said:

- Just go straight ahead, listen to me...

He only said that much but I understood what he meant.

I smiled and nodded and followed him on the road ahead, back to the parking lot to go to the meeting place for the children and grandchildren that had been arranged.

I thought to myself, the only thing I thought in my head when facing him and the glass door behind him was: - I'd just go that way to get back to the parking lot without having to go back the same way. So he couldn't see the road because of the door behind him, but he read my thoughts correctly. As I walked, I smiled because this was not the first time he read my thoughts.

So I have to think clearly, honestly and properly... because he will read my thoughts.

Buddhists call it the ability to "read minds".

7 Sept 24