The Kindness of Perspective

"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
― Allen Klein

Someone I know was feeling a little overwhelmed.  Nothing serious, just days of moving.  In the midst of it, she ran into a housekeeper who works in her community.  The housekeeper asked her how it was going.  Although the woman was having her moments, she was trying to keep things in perspective, so she told the housekeeper that it was fine and that she was making progress little by little.  The housekeeper then shared that her husband had recently died while they were on a trip to her home country for the third-month anniversary of her sister's passing.  The housekeeper began crying and the woman I know hugged her.  As the woman walked away, she thought of how the housekeeper's sharing what was happening in her own life gave the woman perspective on her own.  There is so much kindness when we connect with each other -- sometimes we find support in reaching out, sometimes we find perspective.