The invisible labels
“A car ahead was moving like a turtle and not giving me way in-spite 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 and slowed down. In fact, I got a little protective of the car and 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 and 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, and compassionate. Let us respect the invisible labels, knowing that each is carrying multiple ones.” – Anonymous