Author: Vitaly Pichugin Sometimes the soul demands to be indignant, suddenly, honestly. When the mind has not yet reacted, emotions are already ready to spill over. I seem to know how to react to situations in which I want to be indignant. Do you hate it when strangers grab your things? Few people will like it. I do not like it either. Somehow the following happened in the locker room of the fitness center. I was getting dressed after training, there were almost no people, I pulled out my things from the locker and laid them out on the sofa. I love it when the locker room is free, not cramped and not offensive, big people demand space. While I was pulling on my sweater, the picture changed dramatically. I see a guy bending over and going through my things with his hands. The first thought - well, what for, all the sofas are free, why bother with a busy one and move things? I was internally outraged and didn’t say anything out loud. And he did the right thing. It turns out that the man sees absolutely nothing. He doesn’t see me or the things on the sofa, so he feels the space before sitting down there. He's blind. Apparently, he swam in the pool, came to the locker room with a white cane, touches the drawers with clothes with his hands, looking for where he left his clothes. Instead of indignation, I felt sympathy. We should not be indignant, but help. I put my things away so that they would not disturb the blind man. It’s easy for me, but it’s hard for him to look for another sofa. I just need to make the situation comfortable for both him and myself. Well, good. Imagine that the situation is the same, only my things are being moved by a young healthy guy who is too lazy to walk two meters to another sofa, but wants to sit right on this one, next to his locker. Is there any reason to be outraged? It seems to be there, but is it necessary? In the first case, the person is clearly visually impaired; this is the second or first group of disability. You can sympathize with such people and, if possible, help. In the second case, the young man is physically healthy, but intellectually or mentally he is a little disabled. It happened this way, no matter why, and right here in the locker room it’s too late to educate (treat) him, just sympathize with him. I cannot cure a blind person, just as I cannot cure a mentally disabled person. It is within my power to understand, help, and not enter into conflict. Should we be outraged? The reality is that it is impossible to be a doctor of life; you cannot cure everything and everyone, and it is hardly necessary. Let's allow the world to be imperfect. However, if it is possible to do something, at least not to be indignant, but sometimes to help, then it is right and reasonable to do it. What if a mentally disabled person becomes impudent, threatens, attacks? In this case, there is no need to outrage yourself, you need to defend yourself, sometimes with a word, sometimes with a fist to the forehead, but calmly, confidently, in proportion to the threat. As we see, indignation is not necessary, neither when you need to help, nor when you need to defend yourself.