To the person who changed my perspective on life:
I’m sure you were just being the person you are; kind, and truly compassionate. I’m also sure you had no idea how those two things would change my life. I believe people are brought into our lives for a reason and sometimes that reason is to completely change our perspective on life.
There was a time in my life recently when I was almost at my lowest. There were things happening to people I love and it was shredding my heart every chance it got. It took every ounce of energy I had to even get out of bed and function. Not a lot of people know that, but something tells me you knew that even without me saying it. There was such a burden I was carrying, a burden of someone else’s, and carrying it soon turned into suffocating from it.
You should know I’m not the kind of person that openly talks about my life or what I’m dealing with. It’s way too emotional and creates such a vulnerability that is inevitable and that’s what I’m terrified of. Opening my soul to a human being is not something I do with ease. But you being in my life at just the right moment was exactly what I needed.
When I opened up to you and you responded the way you did there was a small spark of hope, a spark that somehow gave me a feeling that I had a reason to push forward. Honestly, I didn’t expect such kindness, not because I doubted you as a person, but because the response I usually received was telling me it would get better. And to me, it wasn’t getting better. So, thank you, for not giving me the typical response, thank you for being kind.
You didn’t dismiss me or how I was feeling. You didn’t make me feel small because I was so broken by something I couldn’t control. You knew something was going on in my life and didn’t ask or push me to talk about it, you patiently waited. The compassion that you have for people is something I strive to have throughout life. Thank you for being patient and having compassion I never expected to get on such a dark matter.
Because of you I am more hopeful daily. I realize there are things in life that will break us and usually those things are preparing us for other trials that may come, whether it be in our own lives or in a loved one’s life. I now know how important it is to be kind and compassionate, to be understanding and patient. And because of you my whole perspective on life has changed and I’m sure you had no idea, you were just being the person you are.
