Pain

I just want to take a moment to remind you that many of the people you are close to, work with, acquaintances, family, friends, and even perfect strangers many be in variety of levels of pain at any given time and we must remember to be gentle with others, even when we are in pain ourselves. I just witnessed a wonderful woman who I love very much in an extraordinary amount of pain. Things pile and pile up on us in life and everyone has experience with illness, pain, stress, and frustration daily.

Please be gentle with the souls who you come across. you have no idea what lies behind their mask. Don't jump to conclusions, try not to take things personally, and whenever you are able handle situations with as much gentleness you can muster. Even if that comes in the form of walking away when what you really want to do is share your pain with someone else.

Life is difficult at times, for everyone. We can all make it more tolerable by just being as kind as we can. Whether we believe the person deserves it or not.

Today try to do something, anything to reduce the pain in the world around you.

H