You do not have to understand everything straight away. Sometimes it is enough to pause with your own experience.<\/p>\n
While abroad, I went out alone for a morning walk. I was not doing well; a difficult relationship had left me sad. I leaned against a railing, staring out to sea and thinking about my life.
\nA woman who seemed American came over, touched my shoulder and asked whether I was all right. It was a brief moment, but it lifted my spirits for the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n
This is how it felt: extraordinary that a complete stranger saw the sadness in me. A complete stranger cared, and showed it.<\/p>\n
Gradually, I understood something important. I was startled to be visible, to be noticed at all. I realised the picture I had begun to believe about myself was wrong. I exist. I have value. I am worth seeing.<\/p>\n
To you, perhaps walking a similar road right now: I would like to do what that woman, whose name I never learned, did for me \u2014 show that I care.<\/p>\n
My story may not have been finished in that moment. But I kept moving forward \u2014 as myself, a little kinder to myself.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Gunilla<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kaikkea ei tarvitse ymm\u00e4rt\u00e4\u00e4 heti. Joskus riitt\u00e4\u00e4, ett\u00e4 pys\u00e4htyy oman kokemuksensa \u00e4\u00e4relle. Ulkomailla ollessani olin yksin aamulenkill\u00e4. En voinut hyvin, olin surullinen haastavan suhteen takia. Nojasin kaiteeseen merelle tuijottaen ja pohdin el\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4ni. Viereeni tuli amerikkalaiselta vaikuttava nainen, h\u00e4n kosketti olkap\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4ni ja kysyi oliko minulla kaikki hyvin. Hetki oli lyhyt, mutta nosti koko matkan ajaksi mielialaani. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"oma_polku":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tarinat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"oma_polku","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omaihminen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oma_polku?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}