The sad truth is that we’re all scarred and shaped in ways that the people who sit next to us in class or stand behind us in the line at the water fountain could never comprehend. It’s not even because our circumstances or our issues are unique, but because we as individuals are. However, just because we can recognize our differences, physical or not — it doesn’t mean you get to build up a throne for yourself on the top of some social chart or ignore the ones who have seemingly suffered more or accomplished less than you.
You are a human, I am a human, and we are (should be) very capable of compassion and empathy: let’s act like it