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Originally Posted by Arbie
It happened literally at our house, but I turned it into a metaphor. What I mean is, just because someone else's problems are worse doesn't mean we should ignore our own.
My husband and I were both sick at the same time. It turned out that I had a severe cold, and he had pneumonia. Yes, his illness was more serious than mine. Yes, he needed stronger medicine and more time to recover.
Because he was sicker than I was, this didn't mean I wasn't sick at all. I still needed to treat my cold, so I would be up to the task of helping him treat his pneumonia. If I had ignored my own health, and told myself my little itty bitty cold wasn't worth worrying about because he's the one who's really sick, I might have gotten sicker. And then what good would I have been to him?
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It reminds me of university where I once ended up asking some people an amount of questions, until one of the replied "We have the materials on our notebooks", hinting that I should check it on my own.
I got a little annoyed as it was kind of brushing me off, but I thought about it and understood it's because they also have to help themselves study and can't always be available to help others.