There’s No Wonder

World Mental Health Day 2018 may have just passed but I am writing this piece to honour it and to also spread the very simple but very important message of kindness. Because the way we treat others really does change everything.

Be kind. Always. You don’t know what that person in the street that you are hurling abuse at for no reason is going through. For all you know you may be the one time too many that pushes them over the edge.

Be kind. Always. Just because someone is wearing a uniform it doesn’t make them any less of a person than you. Society has it all wrong that spending money gives you licence to act and say whatever you please and that receiving money means that you simply have to take it whatever the cost. For all you know you may be the reason that person goes home and cries tonight and is too scared to go back to work tomorrow.

Be kind. Always. Nobody should be scared to live their own life and be the person they were made to be simply because of how others treat them. Sadly this is the case all too often.

The way people treat each other there is no wonder that people are too scared to make eye contact and walk through life staring at the floor. There’s no wonder people feel anxiety because life is scary when it doesn’t always need to be. There’s no wonder people dread coming to work because they way they are treat there is beyond reason. And most importantly there’s no wonder that people chose to take their own life.

So the next time you decide that you can say whatever you like to that person just because you don’t know them and decide in your own mind that they are worthless just remember that you could well be the reason that a family is torn apart. The reason that a mother never sees her son or daughter again. We spread the message that bullying isn’t ok between children but we don’t talk enough about it happening between adults. Just because it’s somebody you don’t know doesn’t make you any less of a bully.

One act of kindness really does make all the difference. So install a filter, watch your mouth and be kind. Always.