Don't Forget Their Stories

Kindness...

Its something that we have forgotten to do as a society.

Everyday I go to work and come in contact with tons of people on a day to day basis. People that I dont know. People that I do know. People that I choose to not know. People that are close to me. People that are not.

And sometimes I choose not to recognize that I dont know their story.

Everyone has one.

A choice made that impacted their life.

A decision from someone else that had an impact.

Something that is going on that they have no control over...

...and something that they can.

Whether or not the outcome is good or bad, it makes up their story.

We have all heard stories growing up. Ones of hope. Ones of laughter. Ones of sadness. Ones of times of trial. But in order to know the plot you must dive in and try to decipher the story. To figure out why the characters act the way they do. Their individual story. 

I think that society has decided to neglect the fact that life is a story. That every person in the world is a character in the greater scheme of things and that they have their own character plot goin' on. We neglect people have different situations. And we discard their story.

 Like they dont matter.

That their happiness does not matter.

That their pain does not matter.

That they are not worth our time.

That their hopes dont matter.

That they are insignificant.

And what English class has ever told you that a character is not important to a story?

Im sorry to the people I have chosen to treat as insignificant.

To the one who is hurting...im sorry...your pain will be overcome in His name.

To the one who is happy...im happy for you.

To the one who lost a loved one...I know what it is like.

To the one who has had a bad day...I feel you there buddy.

To the one who feels alone...we have all been there.

To the one who cant see anyone other than themselves...I am praying that your eyes are opened.

To the one who feels not pretty...you are perfect.

To the one who doesnt feel like they are good enough...I struggle with the too and you are enough!

To the one who is searching for a purpose...it will come...keep searching.

...and to the person who feels like they dont matter...you do...and I am sorry if I have ever made you feel that way.

Im going to try and be that smile that some people need...that laugh that brightens someones day...and that voice of comfort that some long for. It is so easy to forget that everyone has a story. Because I know I sure do...

"I truly believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." -Anne Frank

We have just forgotten how to be...