There was a woman I met on a bus once. She was Indian, English was her second language, she was immigrating to Australia as a single divorced mum, her child with her, and paying off her student loans for her LAW SCHOOL degree.
Whenever I have a really hard day, I try to think what it's like to be this woman. She was happy and showing her sun the river, saying, "See that bridge? It's the landmark of what will be our new home!" Balancing a child and her law books while she tried hard to learn more adjectives in English, I felt really stupid for thinking my immigration or my divorce was hard.
I can't even begin to imagine how this woman survives a single day and I can't make it through the morning without getting upset at something stupid.
It makes me realize my life is pretty good compared to what I'm sure this woman puts up with on a daily basis.
What do you think about when you have a hard day?



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).. but rent makes me feel better. i think about how there really are people out there who overcome so many worse things than i do, and they're still happy. and while other people having more to overcome doesn't make my problems any less severe to *me*, it puts things in perspective a bit. the movie just reminds me of that.




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