I was on a Sydney train listening to music through my earbuds. In between songs I heard
someone crying. I took out my headphones out to listen, and realised it was coming from the side
opposite me, a few rows ahead. A teenage girl was sitting scrunched up into the window of a bench seat
fit for 3 people. No one sat next to her because she was crying so hard and so loud. The whole train
was packed, except for the gaping hole of seats next to her. I got up, walked over, and sat down next to
her.
I asked her if she was ok. Her cries dissipated a bit and she said (through heaps of tears) that she
was going through some really hard times with her family. I said ‘I’m so sorry. I’m going to sit here
beside you and if you feel like talking, just let me know.’ She didn’t speak but she seemed to calm down a
little bit and we rode in silence for about 5 stops. Then she got off and thanked me. I responded, “Hang in
there, everything will be ok. Take care of yourself.’ I was the only person on that train that spoke to her,
in hopes that I could help her.
I think many of us have become so desensitised to everyone around us and the pain they might be
experiencing. We’ve all been there. We’ve all been upset, crying, angry…whatever.
We don’t know what’s happening in other people’s lives. So, now, I make it a point to check in with
people, even if it’s just to say ‘Hello, How are you?’ or ‘Would you like to go get a coffee?’ It can make
all the difference to someone that’s struggling.
I am giving my sister my car so that she can transport my Nephews around 🙂
I carried a homeless persons’s bag for 3km. They were struggling to find their shelter so I helped him (Gary). Hope he finds peace and happiness
My neighbours were heading out to celebrate Diwali with their family. They all looked so gorgeous – I offered to take a family photo for them on their way . She just sent me a pic of the photo ….it was beautiful and they were grateful
I was on a Sydney train listening to music through my earbuds. In between songs I heard
someone crying. I took out my headphones out to listen, and realised it was coming from the side
opposite me, a few rows ahead. A teenage girl was sitting scrunched up into the window of a bench seat
fit for 3 people. No one sat next to her because she was crying so hard and so loud. The whole train
was packed, except for the gaping hole of seats next to her. I got up, walked over, and sat down next to
her.
I asked her if she was ok. Her cries dissipated a bit and she said (through heaps of tears) that she
was going through some really hard times with her family. I said ‘I’m so sorry. I’m going to sit here
beside you and if you feel like talking, just let me know.’ She didn’t speak but she seemed to calm down a
little bit and we rode in silence for about 5 stops. Then she got off and thanked me. I responded, “Hang in
there, everything will be ok. Take care of yourself.’ I was the only person on that train that spoke to her,
in hopes that I could help her.
I think many of us have become so desensitised to everyone around us and the pain they might be
experiencing. We’ve all been there. We’ve all been upset, crying, angry…whatever.
We don’t know what’s happening in other people’s lives. So, now, I make it a point to check in with
people, even if it’s just to say ‘Hello, How are you?’ or ‘Would you like to go get a coffee?’ It can make
all the difference to someone that’s struggling.
I am giving my sister my car so that she can transport my Nephews around 🙂
I carried a homeless persons’s bag for 3km. They were struggling to find their shelter so I helped him (Gary). Hope he finds peace and happiness
My neighbours were heading out to celebrate Diwali with their family. They all looked so gorgeous – I offered to take a family photo for them on their way . She just sent me a pic of the photo ….it was beautiful and they were grateful
Help my daughter with homework