Memories

I went for a walk today outside and passed by a stretch of gravelly path. I suddenly thought of last year after my last broke up, and I was walking along the same path at a super duper slow pace, camera in hand, and stopping at anything that catches my attention. I was really sad that day because the walk reminded me of the breakup. It's quite common for people to walk their dogs along this path too, and I remember that there's a medium sized dog that passed by me and then she kept looking at me, and she even stopped her human. A couple times just to check and make sure I was okay. While I did felt loved, but I also felt so sorry for myself that, of all the people who passed by, only the dog noticed the emotions that was pretty much just oozing out of me then. I walked along that same path today again and I got reminded about it. I guess I must have got past it already, since I am no longer crying when I think about it, but it makes me wonder, if I were another human seeing myself walking along that path again, will I have noticed? And if I did, what would I have done? Sometimes, it feels unfortunate that while people seems so much more connected these days, we seemed to be so much more selective with whether or not we approach anybody to check and see if they are doing okay. I hope that if I see myself there again someday, that I will have the courage to ask, "are you okay? Would you like to join me on my walk?"