If you have read this far, perhaps you are on your own commute right now. Maybe you’ve recently seen someone carrying heavy bags and wondered if they should offer help.
Here’s your answer: yes.
Every look, every kind word, every gesture.
The core lesson from Marla is simple: sometimes, just sometimes, the universe rewards those who look up when others look away.
I never saw Marla again in person. But I still carry the journal. Still write in it.
And if you ever happen to ride the 7:15 bus, you might just find a note waiting for you.
It will be there Not because you’re broken.
But because you’re seen.
And being seen—truly seen—is one of the most healing things in the world.
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