You never know what someone else is going through, but chances are they’re struggling with something, perhaps even everything.

Whether it’s chronic pain, a failing marriage, troubled children, infirm parents, money problems, fear for safety/stability, or whatever, it informs how they think and behave.

It’s all too easy to get angry or frustrated with “the other,” but there’s always something behind it. If everyone came from a default position of compassion, we’d all get along a lot better.