Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
I saw this on an email forward and I immediately identified with it.
Once upon a time, I was really scared that I was bipolar. Well, I was scared that there was something really wrong with me, mentally. Like, if I was happy, I would be almost manic, I didn’t get sad, I got panic attacks, I didn’t get angry, I got enraged. Sometimes I felt like I was not really living my life but watching someone else live it for me. Sometimes I had no idea who I was.
I’ve since figured out what was wrong with me. Thankfully I do not have a metal problem, I had an emotional problem. I am now a different person than I was a year ago – completely different, and now I actually feel like myself, like I am the one living my life.
Anyway, there were times in my life I would get super pissed at any little thing, like a cashier being rude (in my opinion at least), but now, I’ve realized that, indeed, we are all fighting some battle. And being kind to someone sometimes makes the biggest difference in their life, or at least, their day. It also makes us feel much better. Try it!
