Last week, I was at a bank to use the ATM. Two men were there. Out of the two of them, one was sneezing and coughing profusely and at the same time. I pitied him and I was ventured to respond everytime he sneezes by saying’ bless you sir, take care sir’ as a mark of sympathizing with him.
However, the other man with us was mute, unmoved and unconcerned. I was like, what is wrong with this man that he can’t even sympathize with a fellow being?
How can someone be sneezing and coughing like this beside you with water almost coming out of his eyes and you can’t even utter a word to show your human feeling!
The man that was sneezing looked at me and looked at the man and he said, this man is so uncaring. He can’t even show sympathy….’ and I replied him not to be bothered.
Few minutes later, this second man who was unmoved by what was happening around him turned and came to meet the one sneezing and was asking him something by using sign language. It was then we both realized that the man is both deaf and dumb.
So even if you are sneezing from morning till night, he may not hear it.
As he was trying to ask us something by using hand to describe, we could not understand what he was asking. We could not give him accurate answer and I can see anger or sense of feeling bad written all over him and I know he might be seeing us as ‘wicked ‘ people for not been able to provide answer to his problem just as we were seeing him when he could not sympathize with the other man.
Lesson
You know what I learnt from that incident that day?
It further confirmed that ‘Every face you see is facing something’
👉Don’t be too quick to think people don’t want to help you, people don’t want to give you what you request for,
people don’t want to visit you, people don’t want to check on you, etc.
If you know what people are passing through, you might eventually pity them and conclude that, your situation is better than theirs.
👉Can you compare coughing and sneezing with deafness and dumbness?
Take it easy on people; don’t be too quick to judge their actions and inactions.
Remember, every face you see, no matter how beautiful, handsome, glowing, or radiant that face might look, it is definitely facing something.
Just endeavor to be kind, to be good and to be nice to everyone around you.
No doubt, as you are facing your own issues so also others are facing theirs.
Don’t expect too much from people.
Always remember,
every face you see is facing something!
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