Hidden worlds

The surface of the sea may look smooth and flat, as though it is resting and nothing is happening, but there is always a lot going on inside. There are moving currents which we can’t see. There are living creatures swimming or being born or dying or being eaten, or escaping another hungry creature. Plants grow and move with the currents.

People are like that too. We can’t judge others by their outward appearance. They may look fine, even happy, but everyone goes through trials and hard times, and has problems and unhappinesses, and we aren’t always aware of it. Just as we may enter and swim in a seemingly calm sea, yet be entering a living, moving world, so when we interact with each other, we intrude on someone’s emotions and should tread carefully and be gentle with each other. Let’s not give offence or be hurtful.