All of my Worldly Possessions, just to see him smile...

Every day, or at the very least every other day, I see the same old man walking down the street, where ever I am driving and no matter how distracted I am I always see him. He is not a tall man although I wouldn't call him a "little" old man either. Just ordinary and probably invisible to most everyone in town. He is always wearing the same coat whether it is 80 degrees and sweltering or 10 below...always with the worn old coat. I have always wondered where he is headed...or if he has an exact destination at all...maybe he is just walking for the sake of walking or maybe he has nothing better to do. He never smiles. I have seen him at least 99 times always he has the same expression. Not exactly a frown , more of a face forward, eyes on the sidewalk needy-ness. When I first took notice of him I was mostly just curious... exercise? Fresh air? Lonely? Bored? Now everytime I see him I just want to slam the brakes and jump out and beg him to tell me what he is doing. Please tell me where you are going...do you want a ride. Some days he just looks sooo cold and I can see him shivering and his breath escapes in big clouds around his red face. Could a person be that lonely? To walk out into the cold frigid air just to be near the constant movement of strangers? God, that is just so incredibly sad. I was on my way to church on a Wednesday night and I seen him walking down the sidewalk, every single inch of my body was screaming at me to get out and ask him if he wanted to come along...I didn't. I regret that. I still do not know why I chose to push the gas and not the brake. One morning I was taking the girls to school and he was standing on the corner waiting for the traffic to stop so that he could cross the street. He looked in our direction and then he turned his head and looked the other way, he turned back and looked right into our truck and right into my eyes. I was shocked to have that aknowledgement. I wonder if he could tell that his open stare startled me? I really just want to see that man smile I want to know who he is and why he always walks alone. Now that we have made eye contact its really more of an obbession then a curiosity. That old man needs to crinkle those cheeks...