When we take life for granted

Lucky are those people who can barely feel what others go through.

Its easy to switch of and not brother with what’s going on around you but I simply cant and wanting to know more about people around me doesn’t stem from my journalistic curiously but from being a normal human being who wants to learn more about l8ge and how to deal with different issues.

We all have stories to tell and our stories shouldn’t just define who we are but should impact others who can learn from our experiences.

Our stories are both happy and sad and we have all gone through ups and downs, turbulences and the most beautiful experiences. They are all experiences who created the human beings we have become today. 

It is these stories that help us parents too raise a better generation, a generation capable of making a difference.

Why should we settle for just learning from our own inner circle stories when we can explore our outer circles and learn from them 

People have stories to tell. Whether when you are in a coffeeshop when you sit and listen to a waiter or waitress talking about a personal problem or a colleague at work who just wants to get something out? I believe that being a good listener makes you a good person especially when listening helps u become a better person.

At the coffee shop I am sitting now as I write my column walked in a cleaner who had a story to tell, a story we can all learn from .with a big smile he serves everyone.But this man who has been working here for seven years has literally been invisible and the story he has beyond ones imagination. As simple as this may sound but its his bitter reality. He lost his wife and three year old son in a fire that destroyed everything in his life, took away everything he earned since he starting working at the age of 14 and above all lost his family. He yet serves everyone with a smile. My friends and I heard his story and all we could talk about was how trivial the issues we complain about every day is.When you here peoples stories you realize how blessed you are with everything ypu do have in life.We tend to grumble about everything and if we open our ears and eyes ti other peoples stories we will always remember the blessed lives we have, the lives we should never take for granted.