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Your Presence in Someone’s Life Is the Best Thing They Have
It’s the best we can do
Our presence can have a great influence on someone’s life.
Your presence can be the shadow they need to protect themselves from the sun's scorching heat yet bright enough for them to finally relax, cool down, and think for themselves.
These days, due to the virtue of social media, we can talk to anyone hiding in the corners of the room, crying and dejected about life's worst experiences; a friend, who I had contact on my social media, has replied to one of my “status” which showed some sad quotes. She questioned the purpose of her existence, and how everything is against her, making her suffer immensely.
Against the ordinary discussions where a man just emits solutions to fix the situations, I have seen myself going through the same did understood that before fixing anything, you have to understand the real struggles behind a seemingly easy problem. All problems on the outside look exactly the same, but everyone’s experiences differ, and like an iceberg, we see very little on the outside, but people have a whole world hidden within them.
This fearsome and chaotic world in someone’s mind won’t appear when you want quick fixes and rough talk, it requires gentle…