Like a Donkey's Behind

So there is this fellow grad student who generally annoys me. I find in class I am generally opposed to what they think, and I'm not a very nice person at those moments because I don't really listen.

Said person just shared some personal trauma with me because I was there in an isolated space when the world seemed to be caving in.

I feel like a jerk.

This person whom I had little respect for is dealing with a much more complex and scary world than my own, and I had no right to judge because in the same shoes, I would be in much worse shape.

I rescind my prior position of general annoyance. This person is now someone I am committed to supporting, whether it be academically or with life in general. We will probably never be best friends, but I'm behind them 100%.

And while I'm not glad that person is in the position they are in. I'm glad they shared it with me because I needed a little wake-up call to get out of my self-righteous bubble. This was definitely it.