He walked by, seemingly oblivious to us.

He belied his apparent lack of attention, however, when he turned to us and said, “That guy was right. If you can’t sing in the lifeboats you are not worthy of saving.Your entire life IS a lifeboat.”

We laughed to ourselves, wondering what gave him the ability to see things we could not, even as we updated our subscription to People magazine and set reminders to record “The Bachelor.”