all the people

think about all the people you see on your way to work/school/play. all the people you see crossing the road, driving in their cars, walking out of a store, going for a jog... all these people have a story. all these people have someone they love, someone they miss, someone they are eager to see, someone they hope to never see. all these people have something that makes them happy and something that makes them sad. each person you see is so intricate, so complex, so different, yet inherently so simple.
how many people do you see on your way to wherever you are going in the morning? multiply that by about 200. that is how many people I see and that is how many stories surround me each time I step out of the door here.
it is amazing the range of people you can see after each and every step, each and every glance in another direction. and with that you can see so much emotion, you get a rudimentary glimpse into so many lives. one person begs for scraps from a well dressed housewive in a fancy, shiny, new European car. one of them is upset because she is late for a lunch date, the other is upset because she has not had water to drink for days.
everyone has a story. these stories are not laid out for us in black and white, so its up to us to read into them and read into anyone we come into contact with. we shouldn't assume we know each other solely based on our outward appearance. delve a little deeper. get to the heart of the matter. determine what makes that person tick, who or what that person loves, who that person misses, who they are eager to see, and who they hope to never see again.