Someone cancels a call because of a runny nose or cannot join you for a trip to the cinema due to a sad mood, and so on. Variations of these things happened to me recently and it made me wonder. Has my perspective changed so much? Have I changed so much?

Events over the past few years affecting me personally or occurring directly to myself, created a new point of view. Almost like a new skin. Don’t think it made me less sensitive or caring, just re-evaluated what I consider “serious“, “regrettable“, “pitiful“. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve seen a lot of sorrow, pain and death around me. I have witnessed a plenty of unfairness, pure love and bravery.

All this made me immune to the victim mentality or general fragility. When I see a proper misery, it makes me sad and concerned. But when others surrounding me whinge about issues I do not consider grave, I sometimes run out of patience or disengage.

Solution to this is two-fold:

First, I try to understand that each one of us is dealing with their own problems, pushing their own heavy case full of bricks. Some have serious troubles, others less so. It’s good (for certain) individuals to vent about them and seek understanding. Unless you find yourself in a truly difficult situation, your perspective is pointed to a slightly different direction and you might not understand my rant. I get that, fully.

Second, I now surround myself more with people, who have been through struggles, yet they still want to make a positive impact. I mean an ALS patient, who has been through eleven physio-hospital stays and doesn’t want to give up. A lady, after a spinal injury, on a wheelchair for seventeen years who is (peacefully) fighting the government to make Prague more friendly for people with significant disabilities. The list goes on and expands with further inspiring men/women I will meet.

Thank you if you stayed until the bitter end of this tirade. True understanding to those who couldn’t. Respect to anyone fighting their personal battle, strength to others who cannot and more inner sunshine to all gloomy f*ckers! Love to all.