From yards away, I saw her. Seated in a yoga pose on the brown bench, her back to the early morning sun, my quiet musing was interrupted.
Like a dog that sniffs at the air, I sniffed at the aura surrounding her and within a stone throw, I saw the unwitting frown line that dug into the sides of her lips; they were at odds with the smoothness of her forehead.
She raised a flask, took a sip and dropped it, all the time her right fingers tapped on her phone with speed that belied her pose. I watched her with more interest as I drew closer, my brisk steps slowed down a notch. I saw a tear as it escaped and raced down her pinkened cheek.
It could have been easier to avert my eyes and pretend I neither saw her nor witnessed her private pain. I didn’t want to embarrass her, yet, I couldn’t resist slowing down and deliberately saying hello to catch her eyes.
Her expressive dark brown eyes shared its story in that brief moment of raising them to look at me.
I smiled. I was smiling not just at the physical person that I saw, but at the soul within. I didn’t know what her burdens were and what the secret in her melancholic eyes was, but I hoped that in offering her that smile and nod, I offered her a prayer that made her know that yes, everything is going to be alright.
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Hearttouching and lovely. Loved every word!
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Thank you dear Shivangi. Glad you enjoyed it. I tried to represent the brief moment.
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More of us should do that, instead of turning away.
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True. We sometimes become too absorbed with our own issues that we fail to share brief moments with others and shy away from such encounters.
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Please email me at pameladbeverly@gmail.com, Jacqueline.
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Beautiful story Jacqueline. ❤️
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Thank you Kat. I tried to write it the way I experienced it.
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This is beautiful!
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Thank you my dear 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful and very touching.
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Thank you dear Eugenia. I tried to write it just the way I experienced it.
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Great post
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Thank you
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What a touching post of how kindness can lift a heart and how we should be more aware to pass on our smiles!
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Indeed a little kindness goes miles and miles. Thank you Joy
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Wow, so beautiful. I’m so thankful I’ve found your blog
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Thank you K. Your words just made me smile 🙂
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“The flower that smiles today
Tomorrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies;
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning, that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.–
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