How many times have you ever said, “If I only knew”?
How many times have you said, “I had no idea.”?
How many times have you said, “You should have told me”?
“One fact” in life is that you can never really know, or have an idea, or can count on someone telling you the totality of the pain, suffering, stress, anguish, sadness, loneliness, or horrible situation of someone’s past, current or potential future struggles.
That fact has been driven home to me in so many ways this week. People who are extremely important to me, both IRL and/or through our friendship on Facebook, are going through some serious situations. Some I have learned through the person themselves. Some I have learned through mutual friends or acquaintances.
My heart wept when I learned of someone who has been struggling with Cancer for years. He has only recently come into my life but has had such a significant and positive impact. My heart wept again today when I heard what one friend is going through with both her sister and mother in hospice care while other major events of life add to her stress and struggle. My heart broke for 5 friends who lost loved ones. There are so many other situations that I learned of just this week, and even more just this month.
You probably never would suspect their pain or struggle on the surface. Most of them are the type who put others first. Most of them are more concerned with hearing of, or listening to, your struggles. Most of them are true examples of what living your Faith really means.
I always want to remember that “one fact” when I am going through my own struggles, not to compare miseries, but to learn by their example and to appreciate what I do have.
I want to apply that “one fact” when interacting with others. My attitude should always be, I do not know, but I want to help or at least not add to it!
blessedadorer 
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