A Stranger Saw Me Unraveling In Silence — And Chose To Answer With Softness
By A Friend • July 23, 2025
I’ve been quietly journaling in the same spot every morning. Not for aesthetics. Not for healing. Just to keep myself from disappearing.
This week, I left a single card behind. It said:
“You’re allowed to begin again — without explaining why you paused.”
I didn’t expect anyone to notice.
But this morning, that same card was returned to me… laminated. With a note:
“I kept it because I needed it. I return it because maybe someone else will too.”
We don’t need to fix people.
Sometimes kindness is just… preserving the pieces they’re trying to hold onto.
If you’ve ever been silently held by a stranger — thank you.
You saved more than you’ll ever know.
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