{"id":5786,"date":"2017-09-05T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T07:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2017-09-05T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T07:12:04","slug":"miracles-in-a-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/5786","title":{"rendered":"Miracles in a cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miracles in a cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo the ones who dare to dream. Foolish as they may seem \u2026\u201d Seth sang on the driver\u2019s seat, waiting for the cars in front of him to move. He sang leisurely in his calm and peaceful voice was, unlike the other road-users waiting impatiently in a hectic cosmopolitan although the traffic light had turned green. He was just sitting in his car at ease, being immune to the hustle and bustle around him. Finally, those cars started to move and he drove back to his caf\u00e9 leisurely. Enjoying the travel from his home to his shop, he continued to hum the song. \u201c\u2026Smiling through it. She said she\u2019d do it again.\u201d After he finished the song, he was already in front of a caf\u00e9 named \u201cSmile and Dream\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

He greeted his staff one by one before entering his room. \u201cHey! How are you all doing? You all look terrific this morning. Keep going!\u201d He told his baristas and the waiters. After putting his briefcase into his room, he got out and chatted with his customers. He was going to every table and had a brief conversation with the patrons to show his care to them. Hoping to reconcile the gap between different people in society, he greeted every foodie with a warm grin. He hoped that he could make the world a better place if he showed love, appreciation and kindness to the people surrounding him. They were chatting heartily.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, the door was opened. A young man in a proper suit came in, looking around in the cafe and sat down in the corner. He ordered a cup of chocolate and a muffin with a relaxed voice as if he had some good news to share with others. Seth noticed him and rushed to that table. \u201cMan, I miss you so much. It\u2019s been a long time since you last visited here. How have you been recently?\u201d That man showed his smile and hugged Seth. \u201cI\u2019m having a great time. I am the CEO of a company in the UK now. The caf\u00e9 hasn\u2019t changed much. It\u2019s still very warm and makes me full of hope and fills me with high spirits,\u201d Jacob told Seth proudly. They sat down and began their nice chat. Seth recalled from his memory about how they met. It was as if that everything happened just one day before.<\/p>\n

A teenage boy caught his attention as that boy was huddling up in the corner, looking very distressed and agitated. Not only was he looking depressed, but he was sitting there aimlessly. He was simply giving a hollow stare at the floor, just like a man having no soul. Seth went to the boy with a cup of cozy chocolate and a muffin. The boy didn\u2019t react as Seth sat opposite to him. \u201cHey man, why are you so down? I am a good listener and perhaps I can help you.\u2019\u2019 The boy gazed at him in surprise but still didn\u2019t utter a word. \u201cPerhaps he doesn\u2019t want to chat with me. I\u2019d better leave,\u201d Seth thought. \u201cMy name is Jacob. I am leaving my secondary school soon. But I got no offer from any university because I have bad results in DSE. I feel really at a loss and don\u2019t know what I can do\u2026\u201d Jacob continued to tell Seth his story. Seth paid attention to his story patiently and made sincere responses. After some time, the boy stood up with a hopeful smile and shook hands with Seth. Having helped Jacob, Seth felt very delighted and showed Jacob his support. Jacob ran out of the caf\u00e9 and didn\u2019t even look back.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you listening to me? You look like you\u2019re just daydreaming,\u201d Jacob blamed Seth. Seth just couldn\u2019t stop laughing and told him that he was recalling their first encounter. Both of them chuckled.<\/p>\n

They both relished their time chatting about their recent lives. Time flies, especially<\/p>\n

good ones. It was time for Jacob to go back to the headquarters of his company. \u201cSeth, thank you very much. It\u2019s you who changed my life. You encouraged me to pursue my dream despite not being admitted to any university. You told me to be kind and have courage, and dare to dream. Your words are carved in my mind, and I will remember them forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seth looked at the back of Jacob and found the scene very pleasing. He was glad that his showing of love and care to others has encouraged many customers of his. He was very joyful that his care to Jacob has changed his life and many people\u2019s lives since Jacob was the CEO of a multi-national charitable organization, which helped improve lives of the poor in developing countries.<\/p>\n

At first, Seth just hoped to make people around him happier. Out of the blue, his words have made a big difference. He changed the life of Jacob and the fate of hundreds and thousands of people in the world. Seth couldn\u2019t help smiling and continued to walk to different coffee lovers and hoped to show them his passion and enthusiasm. He hoped that some more miracles would happen in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miracles in a caf<\/strong>\u201cTo the ones who dare to dream. Foolish as they may seem \u2026\u201d Seth sang on the driver\u2019s seat, waiting for the cars in front of him to move. He sang leisurely in his calm and peaceful voice was, unlike the other road-users waiting impatiently in a hectic cosmopolitan although the traf.........Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-s4","schoolyear-48"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5787,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}