Love Without Hesitation

The plaque at the foot
of the tree in the park reads
          To our little gentleman
          who taught us to love
          without hesitation
and I pause in my steps
for a moment to consider.
I have passed by this tree
hundreds of times, more,
but never have I read these words.
I do not know this little gentleman
or anything about him beyond this.
Yet as I continue on
I cannot help but wonder
what my life might look like
to love with abandon.
To accept all the hurts,
all the heartbreaks so far,
to accept that there will be
more yet to come,
and to love wildly the same.
To love without hesitation.
What might that be?