@re-joyce 19 February 2026

We sit next to each other every day… yet live completely different lives. Same office. Same meetings. Same small talk. But the person sitting next to you? You have no idea what they’re carrying. A mom in the hospital. A marriage falling apart. Savings gone overnight. A home hanging by a thread. Starting over from nothing. We show up. We answer emails. We get the work done. We laugh when we’re supposed to. We say “I’m good” even when we’re not. Because somewhere along the way… we learned how to carry heavy things quietly. So the person across from you— the one you barely notice— might be fighting a battle you’ll never see. Be kind. Be patient. You never know what the person sitting next to you is trying to survive today The office is shared, but the mental load is not.