The People Next to You.

Look around you...
Who are the people sitting next to you?
The people next to you...
Are the greatest miracles you will ever meet at the moment...
And the greatest mysteries.

The people next to you...
Are a unique universe of experience
Seething with necessity and possibility,
Dread and desire,
Smiles and frowns,
Laugher and tears,
Fears and hopes...
All struggling to find expression.

The people next you...
Believe in something
Stand for something
Count for something
Labor for something
Wait for something
Run from something
Run towards something.

The people next to you...
... Are more than any description
... Are more than any explanation
The people next to you...
Are searching...
For meaning
For inner peace
For self-esteem
For something they already have...
They just need to realize that.

The people next to you...
... Have problems and fears just like you
... Are often undecided
... But are endowed with great strength in the face of adversity
And are able to survive the most unbelievable difficulties
And challenges.
The people next to you
Are combinations of everyone they've ever met.

The people next to you...
... Have something they can do better than anyone else in the world
They have strengths they do not even recognize
... Need to talk about their abilities
... Need you to listen.

The people next to you...
Need a friend
Want to understand you
Care for you.
The people next to you
Are special human beings
And so are you.

You will want to get to know these people, and one day you'll understand that you're the person sitting next to them.