The Magical Hug

That took me unaware but lightened my day.

It's half past 8 pm here in Italy, and I thought I share this story to lighten your mood. Maybe you've had a not-too-good a day, so here is a story to cheer you up.

During this last winter, I had an experience I’ll never forget. On that day, my boss was acting up, as he is accustomed to whenever there is no customer for that day. So everyone at work has had a falling out with him including me. As waiters, it is also our job to market our services to passersby, and whenever there is a shortage of customers, it's down to us. And so my day wasn't pleasant as we were recording nearly zero customers. I just had a short explosive outburst with my boss and I stepped out to the spot where I usually stay to invite customers in.

With a face deprived of happiness and a bitter heart, I stood there thinking about my life. when all of sudden, I noticed a young boy walking my way. I'm not sure of his age, but if I should guess, he should be around six years of age. While I didn't really pay enough attention to him, I could tell while they walked, he was playing away, with two women behind him, supposing one of them must be the mother.

Closer to me he came, and out of the blue, he gave me a big hug. I was shocked! But somehow, instinctively, I hugged him back, then he hugged me even…