Emotional Intelligence……….

A car ahead was moving like a turtle and not giving Adam way inspite of his continuous honking.  Adam was on the brink of losing his cool when he noticed the small sticker on the car’s rear.  It was written “Physically Challenged, please be patient.” And that changed everything for Adam.

He immediately went calm and slowed down.  In fact, he got a little protective of the car and the driver.  Adam reached home a few minutes late, but it was okay for him and then it struck him, “would he have been patient if there was no sticker? Why do we need stickers to be patient with people?” He again pondered and said to himself, “will we be more patient and kinder with others if people had labels pasted on their foreheads.  Labels like, “lost my job,” “Fighting cancer,” “Going thru a bad divorce”, “Suffering emotional abuse”, “Lost a loved one”, “feeling worthless”, “Financially broken”, and many 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 multiples ones with them.

That is why they say “Walk gently into others lives, care and give love to whomsoever you meet in your life because all wounds are not always visible.”  Life is an Endless Process of Self Discovery. A person who’s happy will always make others happy too.