Everybody is walking around with invisible moat and defence wall around them.
“How are you doing?”
“Oh fine, you know. Considering what’s happening. At least I still have a job, not like my other team mates. So I can’t complain.”
“Wow yea, that is lucky.”
… and then they move onto work topics, or just move on.
How about you take the time to ask something a little deeper?
“How are you doing?”
“Oh fine, you know. Considering what’s happening. At least I still have a job, not like my other team mates. So I can’t complain.”
“How are you coping? Are you getting a bigger workload? How are you feeling about what’s happened in your company?”
Many are carrying their own burden of pain and suffering, and they are cautious as to how much they share – given that the pandemic has literally destroyed lives and livelihoods of so many people.
When you show that you listen, and you care – you help lessen the pain someone is carrying on their shoulders.
It makes life just a little bit easier to bear, even if you may not be able to offer any practical help.
As humans, we need to know that we are loved, and we matter.
We are all in this together, on this tiny planet we call home.
I don’t fancy moving to Mars where I might have to drink recycled pee 😵 – so I’m going to #domybit.
If you can, you should do it too.
#bekind
#beabetterhuman
#onthepeiroll