Helsinki, City of Little Wonders

On my way to a meeting at the Parliament building this morning, I walked through the Sanoma glass building and at the gap between Music House and The Museum of Modern Arts, I saw a little but attractive makeshift kiosk with the inscription 'Klipperkioski'. I could not help being attracted to it and so i did. I asked the charming lady behind the counter for a cup of coffee and she said, "sorry sir, we serve only tea here". I said "ok a cup of tea then, and by the way how much does it cost", then came the big surprise, "sir it will cost you just an act of goodness either in the form of a poem, drawing , speech, just anything that will make someone feel good". You may think this is a joke, no it is not, it is for real. When you walk around within the peripheri of Helsinki center, you will never know what you run into.

It is like a box of chocolate, if you get my flow. Well I ordered a cup of mint tea, my favorite, and sat on one of the benches outside the kiosk. As I sipped my tea with the comforting warm fluid and mint aroma caressing my thoughts, I came up with something I felt could be a good feeling contribution for this amazing surprise. BTW, there were notebooks on every table where one can write or draw something. Before I put words on the notebook, I flipped through it to find out what my predecessors put down there. I saw a kaleidoscope of words, drawings, sketches and graphics, as I read through them I found myself smiling. Some strangers I do not know, and would never meet have put a smile on my face this morning while sitting on the open space surrounded by the Sanoma building, KIASMA, and Music House. This was what I wrote
Are you bitter?
Have a warm cup of klippers
to feel much better
like the dolphin's flippers
 I looked at my time, and found out it was 6 minutes before my meeting starts, luckily, the parliament building was looming just across the road in front of me. I reluctantly got up, thanked the nice lady and went away.
The meeting went well, it was mostly on diversity, equality, and sports, and of course some bits of politics here and there, afterall what do you expect when you meet with parliamentarians, and bureaucrats.
On my way back to the office while walking towards the railway station I saw in front of the Museum of Modern Arts, the great hero of the Finnish Winter war, General Manerheim having a wash.
What a day!