Every single person has one or more particular situations which make that person feel sad, hurt, stressed, or worried.
Every single person crossing our paths through life needs something we could and should give to that person, that something can be an honest smile, a hug, words of encouragement, or just to be heard.
Whenever we can let's give that something, that smile, that hug, those words of encouragement, that listening. These little acts have the power to change and save lives.
I myself am very reserved with my personal situations and tend to share them only with people with whom I have grown fond and also tend to ask for help when I find no way to solve a particular situation by myself, that many times has two costs:
- You keep the annoying emotions longer that you should.
- You skip helping a person who may be needing to hear that is not the only person living a particular situation.
I am very optimistic, and I know every single situation has a solution, and that everything that happens in life has a purpose, however, I'm human, I have feelings and emotions, of course in my life I have experienced moments where I have been extremely sad, moments where I have felt hopeless, moments where I have questioned if some situations may not have a solution, but I also have felt the amazing power love has, many years ago I met a great friend who needed no words to make my life better for a few moments, her hugs always made me feel better and calmed me down, 'cause she had so much love in her heart.
On high school I met one of by best friends in life, who always saw through me, she used to ask me what was wrong, she knew when I was feeling sad even when I wasn't showing my mood, the fact of just being asked that, always made me feel better.
In december 2016, I was living one of those extremely sad moments which had no immediate solution, and a situation which was totally out of my hands. I knew the solution, however it required waiting and planning, the longer I had to wait, the worse I felt, I did ask for advice, most of them were "everything is going to be ok" (a phrase I hate 'cause I know that, and I was looking for solutions not just words).
Back then I had the liberty to work from anywhere I wanted, anytime I wanted, so the temporary solution was to go work to places where I could clear my mind and find little things to make me feel better, when you are feeling sad, it is very important to go and find things that you like and that make you feel better( for me nature and especially waterfalls and kids usually do the trick ).
That's when I made of Starbucks my office, their service was something that I liked, they always smiled at me, one person in there always shortened my name the way I love people call me, that usually makes me feel cherished.
When you work from a coffee shop for a time, you see a lot of persons who you can offer some help to, or just talk to them to make them feel better or at least forget their problems for a moment, people living on depression, others in the process of divorce, others who lost a child, others who lost their job and need to sustain a family, people whose relatives have died, others who feel lonely, a lot of situations that we may not know unless we talk to them.
Why is it important to talk to those persons we do not know, to show them we care, to make them feel loved?
- First, that's something we all want and deserve, to be cherished, loved, to know there are persons who care for us, and that there is always hope no matter the particular situation we may be living in.
- Second, people have different levels of resilience, some persons are optimistic, others are realistic, other pessimist, and there is only so much we can endure by ourselves.
Many persons feel their issues are so big that there are no solutions, and there is no exit, and then take wrong decisions such as temporarily escaping from their problems by using drugs, constantly getting drunk and even suiciding.
All of these sad situations can be prevented by showing those persons we care about them.
Remember, love is a strong feeling of deep affection towards everyone, love is caring, understanding, and doing our best for the well-being of others.
