Compassion at the sufi coffee shop\r
I was in a coffee shop in Mountain View (Sufi coffee shop) last week, on W. El Camino Real and Castro doing my homework. An Indian Family came in, older man and wife and a young couple who seemed to be married and expecting a new comer soon. The owner of the coffee shop welcomed them and was very courteous especially toward the old Indian man. The old Indian man approached the owner and asked him some questions about Sufism. I did want to be a busy body so I kept my head down and contiued doing what I was doing before, reading my text book. They were served and went out to the patio garden to relax to drink their drinks. The owner of the coffee shop, after a while went out and sat with them. Later he gave the old Indian man a Sufi magazine (free a $6.00 value) and was extremely compassionate toward him\r
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Later that day he shared what the Indian family told him.\r
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He said this man is a Sikh and he was surprised why he wasn't wearing his turban. So the coffee shop owner asked his daughter about his turban. She told him some people had made comments about his turban and so he is scared to wear his turban in public.\r
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Later on that day as I was contemplating over the Indian fellow and how the Sufi coffee shop owner was so caring and kind, I thought really what it takes to become a true human being...................!?
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