A travel agent was sitting at his desk, the fluorescent office lights humming softly as he reviewed his sales for the week. It had been a great one—a true success—and a feeling of contentment settled over him.

Just then, he happened to glance up and notice an elderly couple standing outside his shop. They were gazing with a quiet intensity at the vibrant posters of tropical beaches and majestic mountain ranges that adorned his storefront window.

The couple, a man and a woman, had a sweet, gentle look about them. Yet, there was also a hint of sadness, or perhaps a deep sense of longing, in their eyes. They seemed to be dreaming of a world they couldn’t quite reach, a quiet heartbreak that anyone with a kind heart could spot.