Based on my appearance, nobody
would ever guess what’s playing in my headphones; they’re always opposites.
The other day on my way to practice, I was decked out in sweats, hood up and all…
listening to “Oh Come All Ye Faithful Piano Version Part 2.” Straight classical
music.
Things are a bit misleading when
half the story is unseen to the public eye. It’s like the score of a soccer
game. The final score may be recorded as 3-2, and to whoever looks at that
written score; it's just a team who beat another team. But this says
absolutely nothing about the people involved.
This 3-2 game was actually 2-0 for most of the time, until the underdogs
rose up in the final 15 minutes of the second half, to tie the game 2-2, and
finally got that third point in a shootout that had the crowd in tears of
excitement.
Point is, nobody would know this
story from the recorded score. It’s easy to surmise nothing like this even took
place, if you’re only looking from the outside.
Never assume you know everything. There
are conversations that were held without you; you don’t know who may have stood
up for you. It’s easy to aim the trigger at someone when you assume the worst,
but sometimes you have to trust people’s loyalty even when you’ve been misled
to believe otherwise.
There are reasons behind every
decision, unseen depth behind unexpected sources. Be understanding. It’s an
easy lesson to forget.
