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Old Jul 30, 2011, 10:20 AM
IceCreamKid IceCreamKid is offline
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Recently I got on the bus and sat behind a man who appeared to have had a skin problem and maybe had social anxiety or Tourettes. I saw him glance at me as I went to sit down. He became more and more agitated and started tic'ing. I thought for a second maybe I should move to another seat and then I thought that might make him feel worse, like I wanted to get away from him so I just sat there quietly and thought to myself "everyone has burdens, some are more obvious than others (and obviously one of mine was to agitate other people). Anyway, I sat there and thought that when my mind was open I learned something every day and this was another lesson in what it is to love humanity. The other day I got on the bus again and he was there but this time sitting in a seat that faced the aisle so that he had no one behind him and he was perfectly calm. I guess what I wanted to say here was when you think people are judging you and thinking poorly of you that might not be the case at all, it probably isn't.
Thanks for this!
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