We Don’t See What We Always See

We always encounter people in our daily lives. From grocery shopping and other chores to treating ourselves some time.

One time, I thought about what those people think and feel at that moment. Were they happy or sad? Were they celebrating a win or were they experiencing something heavy deep inside? What if it is the latter?

We don’t see what we always see.

We see someone purchase books in a bookstore.
But we don't see someone who pays for self-help books and wishes for the pages to at least guide them on how to lead the life they live. We don’t see someone who buys fiction books so they could dive or fly into a jovial distinct universe escaping from their wretched reality.

We see someone assemble a jigsaw puzzle.
But we don’t see someone who attempts to distract their mind from the chaos and the deranged thoughts that keep on popping in every nook and corner of their sanity.

We see someone eat ice cream.
But we don’t see someone who tries to ease their sore throat from all the screaming and crying even though they know that it couldn’t cure what ails inside them.

These are examples that possibly we don’t catch sight of from behind. And there are hundreds, perhaps a thousand more things that we can’t notice. So think of others and be kind.

-gold