I've noticed sometimes people (Including Myself) jump to conclusions so much. If someone is usually an incredibly happy, loud and vibrant, one day that person is quieter then usual automatically everyone assumes somethings wrong. If someones on the streets usually people are like "it's their fault they're on the streets" If someone puts a thoughtful lyric or "hmmmmm" suddenly they're all upset. Maybe said person is just thoughtful. An overweight person eats too much, maybe they're big boned.
We're all culprits of making a judgement at first glance and jumping to conclusions. What we don't look for is what beneath the words. If someone is smiling clearly they're happy. Sometimes people don't realise that behind the smile there are piles of pain begging for someone to notice. Although at times it's best not to intrude in someones personal life, other occasions a person is pleading for someone to notice that something is wrong. There are times where I'm having a conversation with someone they'll say "yeah I'm Ok" but their body language and their eyes tell a different story. It doesn't take much to ask a person if everything is really and if they say they'd rather not talk about it then fair enough.
People these days find it very difficult to open up, I've written quite a bit before about how we should open up, but sometimes we need to let someone know that we are there to take their mind off things. Whether its by just talking about something unrelated and making them feel comfortable around you. Or if it's talking to them about their problem, we can't always just jump to the conclusion that someone is Ok when they are clearly not. We're so obsessed with our own lives and just saying "it's nothing, they're just attention seeking" we forget that other people could be so close to the edge. It doesn't take much to ask "Are you really Ok?"

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