I have had secret admirers before, but I can't really speak for others, so I will speak of one of my own admirations. Once upon a time I was in college. I had my normal everyday school life; class, free time, class, eat, etc... Well one day I was eating in the cafeteria and I saw the most beautiful girl across the room. She was signing with a group of people. I am an incredibly shy person. I think I approached a girl I thought was pretty one time in my entire life; this wasn't that time. Not only am I abnormally too shy to approach a girl I would love to meet, but I had no experience with Sign Language. In that moment I realized maybe, "the one," I am meant to find is deaf. Have I all this time been limiting my options by never even contemplating that the girl meant for me simply might not be able to hear me? It immediately broadened my horizons. The whole rest of that semester I would go in to that cafeteria hoping to watch her breath taking beauty and heart melting smile signing with others. I came to realize that her, actually being deaf, was tutoring others taking ASL classes to learn and practice. I took Sign Language the very next semester, and the following, and so on. It turned out I was actually really good at it as well. I would occasionally see her but never, even with being inspired by her to learn another language, speak to her... That was so long ago now... but I can still see her smile; her face, she radiated so much beautiful character. Even though it is kind of a sad story, it is still one of my favorites to tell because I gained so much from it. She was a muse for me. @rambo @missy
