Overcoming Obstacles

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"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"
If you never listen to anything I ever say listen to me when I say EVERYONE needs to watch this video. We never know what people are going through. To the man who cuts you off in traffic, the woman being rude to you in the store, or that one elderly man who just isn't satisfied with anything you do. Everyone is continuously going through trials in their life. Everyone handles emotions differently. Whether you work in McDonald's as a cashier or you are a doctor in the largest hospital in the United States, we all need to show EMPATHY! To the man who cut you off in traffic his son is coming home from Iraq for the first time in three years and he

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