Several weeks ago, I drove past an elementary school nearby my workplace. I have driven past this same school hundreds of times throughout the years, but this particular time was different. A scene, on the playground, got my attention. Two boys walked toward a boy who was seated on the asphalt all alone. The body language of the two boys seemed like they were confronting the single boy in a bullying sort of fashion. I was surprised when I continued to watch what would eventually unfold. I obviously couldn't hear the verbal exchange but the 'visual' was good enough. The two boys stopped in front of the boy, whose head hung down, and began to speak to him. At first, the seated boy kept his head down and appeared to say nothing. The other boy, who was standing, exchanged words of his own and the boy's head lifted until he looked up. One of the boy's motioned with his hand for the seated boy to come join them. I watched for a minute longer as a boy reached out his hand to the one all alone and pulled him to his feet. The three boys walked away together and the one who was once left alone was greeted and included by a couple who cared.
What a lesson it was for me. I love to see other people doing good for somebody else. I want to be like the two boys who went out of their way to befriend another.
