Do you want something special?

There’s always a chance that something special will happen. Or someone special. Maybe in some special place. But whenever you are someplace, there is something special happening to someone around you. All you have to do is listen for it. Like the young couple who sit down on the bench. Listen, and you might hear him say, “Will you marry me?” Or the daughter, walking her little dog, smiles at her mother and asks, “When is my little sister going to be born?” Or you might see a simple smile on someone’s face, and you’ll know, that this day might not be special, but for some reason, right now is. But the danger in listening is this: the things you hear might not always be special. They might be terrible. Like hearing the words, “I can’t marry you.” Or hearing a mother say, “Baby, your sister…. isn’t coming.” Or seeing the jogger who just passed you burst into tears through the smile you thought was a special moment. But through all of these moments – the terrible and the special– the best and most perfect “special” comes through: when you walk over to the abandoned girl without an engagement ring. When you run over the sister-less child and throw a stick for her dog to chase. When you ask the jogger what’s wrong – and when through all of your efforts, if even one accepts your help, you have created the most special moment ever to be experienced.

-Megan