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You Never Know What People Are Going Through, So Be Kind. Always.
That bad driver may have just lost his wife.
This is something we hear quite often, but it bears repeating.
Be kind, always.
Years ago, I was with my boyfriend after leaving the hospital where his father was staying, after having a massive stroke. The family had just made the decision to remove life support, and it was now just a matter of days, or hours. Their father, a WWII veteran and hardworking provider for the family, had also suffered with Alzheimer’s Disease for many years, and this was the end.
We skipped out to grab a quick bite to eat, close to the hospital. As we sat there, silently, I looked around and thought how we probably looked like any other couple sitting down to dinner. Nobody could tell what my boyfriend was going through, or where we had just come from.
I looked around and thought how some of these other people were possibly going though the same thing, since it was so close to the hospital.
But you just don’t know.
So be kind.
A friend of mine posted on Facebook about an encounter she recently had on the bus. You see, she is legally blind, and has a chronic, but “silent” illness which is often…
