
You realize that this stranger has an entire world and story that you couldn’t possibly comprehend until just a few seconds ago. Their whole existence, which you’re finding out is rich and detailed and beautiful and painful and incredibly human, did no…
…ld and story that you couldn’t possibly comprehend until just a few seconds ago. Their whole existence, which you’re finding out is rich and detailed and beautiful and painful and incredibly human, did not exist as far as you were aware. But now, with the simple act of conversation, this entire world, this entire human being, is real and alive and exposed to you. All of a sudden, you ache for them. You feel them. You understand things from their point of view. You learn about their hopes and dreams and struggles and weaknesses, and you realize that these things they carry around are not so different from what you have been carrying around.