The lighter side

Just say hello

I took the time to say Hello

to someone I did not know;

to someone who was walking by

A look of sadness in the eye.

And when they smiled back gratefully

And said a warm hello to me;

I realized my “little gift”

Had given us both a lift!

You never know just whom you will meet

Throughout your day on any street

People just like me and you,

With loneliness and problems too.

Yet life is always better when we

Take the time to be a friend to

Someone we don’t even know and

All it takes is one “Hello.”

Lucille Hansen

Langley