Window To Your Soul

My old English lecturer, Mr. Waheed, made an impression on me when we met him on the first day of the class. He looked at us, all quiet in anticipation in our place,with those big eyes of his and said "Look into my eyes, I want to see your eyes. Because your eyes are the window to your soul". Those words stayed with me even though it has been close to 10 years since it was last spoken. He was fun though, once kicked us out of the class because we came late. Hey, it wasn't my fault really. My friend overslept and I, being the loyal friend that I am, stayed and waited for him together with my best friend in college. And so the three of us were kicked out and I was so pissed because I tried to explain it to him, but maybe he was pissy too, so I missed my favorite class that day. Truth be told, he was a fun and loving guy and taught us a lot about growing up.

Anyway, back to those eyes thingy. Ever since that day, I took his lead and tried to look into everyone's eyes when I speak to them, in the hope that maybe I can peek into that someone's soul and maybe discover what lies beneath. Trouble is, I myself have the same problem myself. People who know me that well can testify, that they can 'see' my inner thoughts just by looking into my eyes. I am a bad liar with my eyes and face, I just could not control my emotions without it being expressed via my face or my eyes. But the eyes are truly the one that I cannot really hide. I can hide the twitch in my mouth, or just laugh things off to hide things, but my eyes...sigh, it's just hopeless.

My eyes betrayed me a lot of times. There was once when I was trying to tackle this girl, during my uni days, and our eyes met. In those split second I can tell that we had a connection and she too were able to understand my feelings. It is fascinating, and scary at the same time. The end of the story? I did managed to get the girl's attention, and we talked all night long (nothing happened here, just in case you were wondering...). And I have to admit, she has this big, wonderful, beautiful eyes...perhaps a case of love at 'first sight'?

So next time, when you spend some time with your friends or your loved ones, look deeper into their eyes and try to see what's in store for you. You might have a pleasant surprise yourself, or not. And since my secret is already out, I need to go and buy some shades now, just in case you guys bump into me. We wouldn't want that to happen now, wouldn't we?