EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
A car ahead was moving like a turtle and not giving me way inspite of my continuous honking! I was on brink of losing my cool when I noticed the small sticker on the car’s rear!
“Physically challenged; Please be patient.”
And that changed everything!!
I immediately went calm & slowed down!!
In fact, I got a little protective of the car & the driver!!!
I reached home a few minutes late, but it was ok!
And then it struck me.
Would I have been patient if there was no sticker?
Why do we need stickers to be patient with people!?
Will we be more patient & kind with others if people had labels pasted on their foreheads?
Labels like —
“Lost my Job” ,
“Fighting Cancer”,
“Going through a Bad Divorce”,
“Suffering Emotional Abuse”,
“Lost a loved One”,
“Feeling Worthless”,
“Financially Broken”,
..and more like these!!
Everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about.
The least we can do is to be patient, kind & compassionate.
Let us respect the Invisible Labels !!
Knowing each is carrying multiple ones
That is why they say…
Walk gently into others lives, all wounds are not always visible… !!
( Story Courtesy : J. B. Jain )
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