Attention Must Not Be Paid

We crossed paths with a young family that was taking a walk — father, mother and a boy about 8. Daddy was staring at his phone, mommy was staring at her phone, but sonny wasn’t staring at his cute canary-yellow phone. Instead, he was smiling at my dog.

Someday, however, he too will ignore his immediate reality most of the time. He’ll learn soon enough.