The person who meets your eye can make being present feel less accidental.

A look is a small confirmation that you are actually here. In a day of transactions carried out without contact, one person who raises their eyes and sees you changes the quality of the hour, and the effect is out of all proportion to what it cost them. Acknowledgement is the cheapest thing we give each other and among the most missed.

Look up at the people you deal with this week, especially the ones there is no need to look at. A moment of eye contact, a nod. You will never know which of them needed it.