A car ahead was moving like a turtle and would not speed up despite my continuous honking!
I was on brink of losing my cool when I noticed the small sticker on the car’s rear window.
It read…
“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 work 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?
Would we be more patient and kinder 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 messed up
…..and more like these.
Everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about.
The least we can do is to try to be patient and kind.
Do we have to put people through the pressures of explaining hard times before we understand their pains.
As you go through each passing day always remember there’s an invisible label on everyone.
A simple virtue of patience may just be the respect you’re according that invisible label.
May your day be blessed!