How many times do we walk up to someone that we really do care about and ask them, How are you today? Well, many times. We do not mean to be insensitive and it is not that we really don't want to know how they are doing, we probably don't just "really" mean it at that moment. I see a lot of people in a days time and I don't know "how they are doing". They probably don't tell me and some of them would not tell me.
So what do I take away from this? When I see my friend I can safely assume that he or she is struggling with something. When Sara Palin was introduced as McCain's VP choice she was all smiles, he was all smiles, her family was all smiles. Who would have known that they were struggling with a daughter that was dealing with the realities of bad choices? Who would have known that family had to struggle with whether she should expose them to the kind of scrutiny that comes with this decision especially in a difficult family time? The answer is almost no one.
You meet people everyday that are struggling with the issues of life. You probably do not have the power to solve many of most of those issues. What you do have is the ability to grab their hand warmly hold on just a little longer than some would and look like you really care when you say, "Hello, how are you today?"
Who knows what power that will give that person to go just a little bit further?
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You are so right. It can help some people to know that someone cares enough to even ask how they are even if they don't want to divulge all of their personal information or problems with us.
I thought the exact same thing about Sara Palin when I heard about her daughter. She had to have been really struggling, but put on the good face for that particular moment. I can really relate. She appears to be a very strong lady.
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