Helping others

I love to help people out when I can, especially when it's some type of existential life crisis that they're having, but in all fairness you can't help a person out of such a situation, you can only offer them guidance. As with many thing in life you must make the choice for yourself, no matter how much help is being thrown your way. Others can only show you the door, you are the one who has to walk through it... and sometimes there's not much comfort in that. Sometimes we already see the door, that god damn door that just keeps staring us in the face, the one that we'd rather just kick in than walk through... but there is comfort in knowing that other people are aware of the door as well. That your own situation is not all that unique from many others and in fact our lives are not all that unique from many others. The difference is in the details, not in the plot. We all experience degrees of happiness, sadness, anger, frustration, love, hate, elation, and disappointment. Why we experience them or from what they stem obviously differs, but the feelings themselves are what connect us. Feelings are what we have in common with everyone. I guess what I'm getting at is next time you're in the situation to help someone, don't get caught up in the details of the situation, but rather get down to how that person feels. We must first always recognize where we are before we set about getting to where we want to go.