SONDER

You don't know my story and I don't know yours.
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sonder - n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS.

Everyone is going through something including that stranger sitting beside you on the train. No matter how close we are to certain individuals we may not want to share every single detail of our life with others, whether that be a stranger on the train, your best friend to even you parents.

Some of us like to keep things to ourselves as we do not want to shade the light that we see glowing in your life with our darkness. Often, we do this while forgetting that our opening up can help someone else talk about what they're going through.

I know that feeling sonder often applies to when you're out around strangers but you can often feel it when a friend decides to open up about stuff you could never imagine would be going on in their life.

So what does sonder become when you look at loved ones.