A Silent Lesson

A boy sat quietly on a park bench, marked alongside a walking path. He spoke no words, just watched as two teens strolled by hand in hand. A few yards behind them was a middle-aged couple, softly bickering about something irrelevant. The boy tried to listen in but was too distracted by a cumbersome man walking his dog. He could tell they shared a special bond, since, wherever the dog tugged the man followed. Not far behind were two men walking particularly close, the boy thought. They stopped in their tracks, shared a gaze and quick kiss on the lips before continuing down the path. The boy sat there wondering if he was meant to witness these moments. As his eyes followed the two men he noticed an elderly couple sitting on a park bench just down the path a ways. Just like him, they watched and observed the chemistry in the park that day.

The boy thought to himself, believing our eyes were made to witness interaction between beings. Perhaps our eyes teach us how to love, he concluded.