It is always easy to be together in good times, but supporting each other through tough and challenging times will offer some greatest opportunities to cultivate self-awareness and empathy. It will surely eliminate a lot of "should" and "should-nots" and save a lot of air-time trying to win a losing battle.
We all have a natural disposition on how we respond to stress. Look around your family, workplace or social circle, you will bound to find friends, colleagues or closed ones who are angry or fiery during stressful time, well, a firecracker that is small but potent. Whilst others may respond with the need for a retreat from the outside or emotional outpourings. There are also some who need to be involved in agreement, discussion or reasoning, resulting in anything from fruitless mumble-jumble to heated conversations. And there are still some who simply endures and goes through the pain in silence, a silent martyr.
If you would like others to appreciate your emotional world, take that step first in appreciating others'.
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