Guileless

As I approach the park bench, I recognize those blond curls resting midway down her back, refusing to conform.

It’s been many months. I’m already happy to see her again.

I come around the bench to greet her. She leaps up. We hug and then sit down without a word.

As though mid conversation, she begins, “What is happening to our world? I think we are very ill.” Her eyes are gentle and inquisitive.

The guileless nature of her inquiry prompts me to respond with reassuring conviction, “Once, when I was feeling despondent about the state of our world, a wise woman shared something I’ve never forgotten. She said, ‘The circle is the birthplace of the new human; and when millions of those circles take shape and connect, we will realize a profound evolution of humanity.’* I believe she meant that we do not do this alone. We do this in the company of others, and with others what is possible is beyond our imagination.”

Our conversation carries on from one idea to the next. Then we sit closely in silence for a long time. Minutes disappear, until we must part once again.

“To be continued,” we vow to one another, as we re-enter the world, both hopeful and guileless from our meeting.

*Quote by Ann Dosher

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