Battle scars
It was probably one of those Internet memes that flits about the ether, and gradually enters the aggregate stream of quotes and pop inspiration that we collectively contribute to and maintain. This one, however, had the ring of truth to it. I don’t know the source, but it was something to this effect:
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
These words are nowhere more obviously true than at places like the soup kitchen. Here, the battles are written all over each face that makes its way past me in line.
