Одна из Корсеровскиз историй - задание: "День Сострадания", мне кажется, это просто нужно прочитать.
"I'm recently widowed after a happy marriage oi 59 years. My husband died very suddenly after a hip replacement while still in the hospital. I was so absorped in my own grief, I failed to see what was happening around me. I met with a friend who told me of a mutual friend having to be out of her house by September 19 because of financial difficulties and had no where to live. I immediately forgot my own troubles and called her to see what I could do. After taking her to lunch we went to the store to pick up some boxes to start packing up her things. She too is a widow, losing her husband to brain cancer at 38. My day and night was spent wrapping and packing up as much of her belongings as we could. Being 82 and working at that pace was exhausting, but a good exhaustion. I further told her not to worry and that she could stay with me until she found an apartment. She started to cry, I started to cry, but it felt good to know that I was there for someone who needed somebody desparartely. I had people helping me when I lost my husband and paying it forward to help someone is the best feeling in the world. A friend in need is a friend in deed."
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Coursera - Social Psychology,
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