You never know what happened to people that made them the way they are.

Think of the worst things that a person could live through. The kind that make it to the news. The kind that don't. The kind that people write books about. The kind that remain terrible secrets, and quiet traumas.

Wouldn't you want to show a lot of kindness to a person who has been through that?

You brush shoulders with these people. These are your perfect strangers out and about, your colleagues and classmates, even your friends and relatives to mention a few.

You never know what happened to people that made them the way they are, and most of the time you never will.

Sometimes a person may finally share it, but it is often much later. Sometimes they never say it at all. But if it ever comes out to somebody, it's probably to the ones who started off treating them with respect and not judging to begin with.

So every time you meet someone, especially when there is someone you just don't understand, remember this:

You never know what happened to people that made them the way they are.

If you approach every person with the kindness you would show to the one who lived through the worst things, then you will be kind to that person many times.

If you are cruel to those you don't understand, you will be cruel to people you would have wanted to give your kindness to the most.