RESPONDING TO DISTRESS: BE KIND
✨No Man is an Island✨
As they say in popular vernacular, in life, s**t happens. In different forms, it can happen pretty much to anyone and everyone. At any time. A major earthquake, a car crash, a business bankruptcy, a massive swindle a la Maddof, a mistake by a bank, a nefarious medical diagnosis. Whatever the event, it can cause a lot of distress and major league stress. When it hits, people need help to cope both with the situation, as well as the stress it generates.
There is nothing worse in life than feeling alone, scared/anxious and feeling there is no one to turn to. In addition, the emotional load can make it very, very difficult to ask for help.
Thus, when someone has had the courage to reach out to you for help, do be kind. If you can help in any way, fabulous! If you can't, that's cool too, just don't leave them hanging in a vacuum: tell them kindly and quickly that you are not in a position to help. Either way, it doesn't cost you anything - and can give that person a psychological boost - to offer some encouraging words.
Like love, generosity of spirit has a way of making the rounds. Today it may touch someone else, tomorrow it may touch you.
Cheers! ✨
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