If you are reaching to help people, to make a difference in this world, you might sometimes find yourself in unenviable positions.

For example, a woman in the business of looking for missing persons might find a dead body, an apparent victim of a drug overdose.

She contacts the elderly father and asks if he can go to a medical lab, to do a DNA test. The man is savvy enough to suspect the reason for the test, but too old to know exactly how to arrive.

She offers to give him a ride to the lab. The man is very grateful for her assistance, and the quiet compassion she gives him.

As always, our friend has the choice of how she will look at what happened. She can focus on the tragedy of a wasted life, or focus on the fact that she had the chance to make someone’s life a little easier in a difficult moment, playing a special part in her own unique way.

So often people might ask us how we can possibly see something wonderful in this world, when there is tragedy and suffering. Perhaps beauty is where we look for it.

Content warning: descriptions of death, drug abuse

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