So within the last couple weeks, my wife of 10 years told me she wants to separate and it's been very hard.

I've had a rough couple of days and on my way home from work today I stopped by the grocery store. As I was heading to checkout, a man stopped me and out of nowhere started to talk to me.

I forget how it started but basically he said "Hey keep it going, I believe in you. God bless you. Don't give up man."

I was taken a back so I didn't know what to say at first and we parted ways.

Now, I'm not religious and I could tell it came from a place of faith or religion. And I had seen him stopping other people in the store to talk to them as well. But in that moment, I felt like he could tell I was hurting and that those kind words meant more than he knew.

I tried to find him after I checked out and tell him thank you, that I felt seen and I appreciated the brief moment of kindness.

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