When I visited my lone aunt who lives in a rough neighborhood, there is a woman who is always strolling nearby alone and is clearly mentally ill so I decided to check if she was okay. There's pain and remorse written all over her eyes so I gave her a box of pizza and cheered her up a bit with the pizza humor. She was grateful and to my suprise, she was very intrigued about my culture and background.
I could tell that she was genuinely happy that I took my time to answer all of her question, i don't think anyone had a convo with her for a long time and probably only a very few open minded one would for obvious reasons.
Anyway, I asked her if it was okay to share her story and what got her hooked into meth. She comes from a dysfunctional family (mother that she loved died when she was young), met the wrong people and spent some time in prison so she is punishing herself thinking her life is over.
Weeks later, she stopped by and said salam alaikum perfectly after I taught her that day she was curious about my background and gave me a paper that she wrote my name written in arabic alongside with some crescent, random arabic words and called it "art work". It legit warmed my heart.
I tried to convince her to meet the women in hijab (lots of horners around) and ask them what she asked me in day 1 who could help turn her life around but she anxiously said no. The problem is i approached to check her in the first place and her drug/homeless demeanor will drive people away from her (moreso with Muslims due to "stigma"). I can't do it because i'm a man who's gonna get everyone raising eyebrows but when you talk to her, she is nice and you just need to talk slow and keep it brief.
Those people are in constant misery so cheering them up for a moment is what we all should do. Who knows they’ll wake up?
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I could tell that she was genuinely happy that I took my time to answer all of her question, i don't think anyone had a convo with her for a long time and probably only a very few open minded one would for obvious reasons.
Anyway, I asked her if it was okay to share her story and what got her hooked into meth. She comes from a dysfunctional family (mother that she loved died when she was young), met the wrong people and spent some time in prison so she is punishing herself thinking her life is over.
Weeks later, she stopped by and said salam alaikum perfectly after I taught her that day she was curious about my background and gave me a paper that she wrote my name written in arabic alongside with some crescent, random arabic words and called it "art work". It legit warmed my heart.
I tried to convince her to meet the women in hijab (lots of horners around) and ask them what she asked me in day 1 who could help turn her life around but she anxiously said no. The problem is i approached to check her in the first place and her drug/homeless demeanor will drive people away from her (moreso with Muslims due to "stigma"). I can't do it because i'm a man who's gonna get everyone raising eyebrows but when you talk to her, she is nice and you just need to talk slow and keep it brief.
Those people are in constant misery so cheering them up for a moment is what we all should do. Who knows they’ll wake up?
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