student 'C'

I have a student. let's call him C. it's amazing how people come to you when you least expect it. I am driving down the highway, doing my thing, in the meditation zone as I drive to work and then this person comes to mind. this student whose has the uncanny ability to just be, neutral, neither high nor low, neither detached nor clingy, just be. the perfect example of just 'being.' I couldn't 'be' anymore than 'he.' he just 'is.' now this may sound corny, and I am good at sounding corny, or it might sound like I am about to break into a campfire rendition of 'let it be' but i'm not. this person is very unique. he may sound too blah. he may sound too passionless, but he's not. at a moment's notice, if something really does enthrall him, he jumps in head over heels. but until then, he is like a frog resting on the shore. not particularly expressive of what is happening inside. perhaps because nothing is really happening inside, which is fine with him really. he likes it that way. although he also likes to get excited, but there's got to be a good reason to be excited and then he will get excited.
I admire that. I wish I could do that. most of the time I am pretty genuine but sometimes I do ham it up in order to encourage people. maybe that comes with being a teacher, but I think most people need it. we all need encouragement but for once, I would like to be the kind of person who has no need to encourage people. who is just content to 'let it be' unless something really provocative, really captivating, really exhilarating comes along to make me open up my mouth and snatch that juicy fly for din din.