Random Security Guards
I went to a class on depression today (my first of four). I haven’t written much because I’ve been struggling with it recently.
Afterwards, I had to wait for my grandfather to come and get me because the class ended earlier than I thought. Being depressed and sitting around outside alone was making me feel pretty alone and sad.
I don’t know if my melancholy was outwardly obvious or what, but this random security guard for the building at Kaiser I was sitting outside of pulled up in a van (I’m guessing he was about to start his shift there) and started making funny faces at me (well, he put his hands up to his head and made deer antlers and smiled and stuck his tongue out…like people do to little babies). He then got out of the van and started talking to me about how nice the weather was, and then went inside for his shift.
I thought that was an incredibly kind thing to do for someone who was sitting outside alone. He basically was a little undignified in order to make me smile a little bit. That’s so kind of a stranger to do for me. I was sitting and feeling alone and some random person decided to make my day a little bit nicer, at the expense of his dignity. Wow. I wish I were as willing to do something like that for someone else.
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