Yesterday at work, I was in the break room on my lunch break and I sat next to one of my co-workers. She looked like she was in a bad mood, which was surprising because she usually always had a smile on her face when I saw her. I asked her how her day had been going. She said, "S***tty." I almost didn't know how to respond and I simply said "I'm sorry..." and almost left the conversation there because I don't really do well around people in bad moods. But within 2 seconds, I was prompted to ask why. So I did. She went on telling me that it was family stuff. Soon, she explained to me that on her way to work, she had received a phone call that her sister had cancer and that she just couldn't focus at all. It made perfect sense as to why she was acting the way she was.
That short conversation made an impact on me. It reminded me that people have those bad days just like me... but instead of reacting poorly to someone's bad mood, instead I should try to be a friend and actually care. One of my pet peeves is when someone asks a person how they're doing, but doesn't really want a response in return. Sometimes I'm a culprit of this, but I'm beginning to realize again that as a believer, it requires not just asking, but caring, also.
It means deep conversation, not surface ones. It means being real.
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