I once heard a story about a comedian who was ticked off because a woman sitting in the front row at his show had her head resting on your husband’s shoulder the whole time, almost like she was nodding off. She left it there for the entire show, which drove the comic crazy It got under his skin enough after the show he found the woman and told her he was sorry if his show was putting her to sleep. “Oh, I wasn’t sleeping,” her husband spoke for her, as she used sign language to communicate with him. “I’m deaf, and having my head in that position helped me to read your lips. I loved your show, and thank you. I think what you’re doing is very important.” The comic, needless to say, said that changed his perspective on things quite a bit.

I love this story because it reminds me to not take things at face value, nor assume the worst when I don’t know all the facts about a situation.