People are what matters.

My favorite Young Women's leader posted this as her status quite some time ago and I just happened to run into it again- 
 

"Did you know that are the strongest are usually the most sensitive? Did you know the people who exhibit the most kindness are the first to be mistreated? Did you know the one who takes care of others all the time are usually the ones who need it the most? Did you know the 3 hardest things to say are: I love you, I'm sorry, and Help me? Some- times just because a person looks happy, You have to look past their smile and see how much pain they are in."

People need people.

You are somebody to somebody.

Life is hard. So hard. That's when we realize that people really do matter. Sometimes all we can do is keep breathing until someone comes along and reminds us how strong we really are, and that we can make it through. Be that person for somebody else. Take the time to be there for those around you. I could talk about why, who, and how.. But I think these quotes will do us justice.

The quote on my calendar for this month says: To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.. This is to have succeeded. 

Why live if it's not to make each other's lives a little but easier?

"If nobody cared just a little for you, and nobody thought about me, and we all stood alone in the battle if life, what a dreary old world it would be. Life is sweet because of the friends we have made, and the things in common we share; we want to live on, not because if ourselves, but because of the people who care. It's giving and doing for somebody else- on that all life's splendor depends; the joy of the world, when you sum it all up, is found in the making if friends."

I have a friend who used to always say "I believe we we're put on this world to take care of each other." 

'...I believe that a relationship, any type if relationship is the most important thing. You can't really live without it, no one is really happy alone. You have to learn to let people into your life, to let them love you...' 

The capacity to care, I believe is one of the greatest things we have been given. The tricky part is learning how to use it. How to be okay with giving and showing emotion.. With being real. Everyone around you is fighting some sort of battle, and it's not always going to be right up in front of you. It may be your job to discover, or maybe it's your job to just be kinder than necessary.

"Maybe we are the way we are because of the people we're with or maybe we just pick the people we need. However it works, when you find each other you should never let go."

Find a hand to hold. Be a hand to hold. Everyone needs someone and that someone may be you. 

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 

Much love. xoxo