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第16章 熟悉的陌生人（第2页）

比如，几个月前，我站在咖啡馆门口，一位女士跟我打招呼，“你知道我是谁吗？”

她问。

我认识她，她是我在诊所里见过很多次的一个病人。

我们轻松亲密地交谈——尽管一直没有交换彼此的姓名。

但是，我也记得自己经历过这样一件事，让我体会到熟悉的陌生人的重要性。

有一次，度过一个长假后，我从机场开车回家，总感觉辨不清方向，不知道自己在哪儿。

突然，我看到了他——一个穿花呢夹克、戴绿色军帽的老绅士，我曾无数次见过他在我家附近散步。

噢，我想，见到这个熟悉的陌生人，我终于到家了。

Wemaylookattheworldaroundus，butsomehowwemaoseeituiswe'vebeeaedtosuddenlydisappears.Take，forexample，theiredwomaosee—orlookat—onmywaytoworkeag.

Forthreeyears，heweather，sheaitioparound8a.m.Onsnowydays，sheworeheavybootsandawoolenscarf.Summertimebroughtoutondressesandastralasses.Clearlyawwoman，sheexudedanairofpeteabilityay.

Ofcourse，IrememberedallthisonlyaftershevawasthenIrealizedhowmutedonseeinghereag.YoumightsayImissedher.

Naturally，Ihadfaherdisappearance.At？SomethihatshewasgoIhadknownher.

&orealizethatasignifitpartofourdailylifesistsofsuterswithfamiliarstrahepowerwalkeryouseeeveryafternoonatthreeo'cloanwhularlywalksherYorkeatthecra；thedappertwinbrothersyouseeatthelibrary.

Suchpeopleareimportahelandscapeofourlives.Theyaddweighttooursenseofpladbelonging.

Thinkaboutit.If，whilewalkingtohereassiainbuilding，whyshouldwenotmarkhenwepassafamiliar，thoughunnamed，person？

Afterall，ifpartofbeingatouristisseeingnothingandnoonefamiliartoyou，thesaythatseeingthefamiliarjoggerorshopperispartofwhatmakesusmunity？

Thisisohinganimmigrantlongsfor，Isuppose：thesightofthefamiliarstraheshopkeeperwhonodstoyou.Thebusdriverwhodrivesyoutoworkeachday；thewomanyouseewalkioschool.

&imesIwonder：amIafamiliarstraosomeone？

PerhapsashopperatthesupermarketseesmethereeverySaturdaywithoutreallynotingmypresenaybesomeooreterwhereIhavebreakfastwouldoppedshowingup.

Onawhileyoumightactuallymeetohesefamiliarstrangers，asIdidafewmonthsago.Iwasstandinginacoffeeshopwhenawoma;DoyouknowwhoIam？"sheasked.AndIdid.SheatientIhadseenmanytimesinmydoctor'soffice.Wehadaneasy，familiarchat—althoughwearoundtoexames.

Buthere'swhatIremembermostabouttheimportaniliarstrangers.homefromtheairpva，Iwasfeeli-of-plaIsawhim—thegehetweedjadgreencap.I'dseenthismanwalkingthroughmyneighborhoodathousandtimes.

Ah，Ithought，seeingthefamiliarstranger，I'mhomeatlast.