You can never tell...

"Behind my smile is a hurting heart. Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart. Look closely at me and you will see, the girl I am...isn't me."
~Unknown

You know, we can never understand a person till you look past their faults, walls, and their cover. Every person has a story, a life, and a past. Some choose to hide their past to cover up their pain and memories.
One of my best friends has dealt with pain, loss, foster care, the feeling of not being wanted by her family. She has had to mature faster then normal, because she wasn't dealt a normal life. The fact is, she tried to make a life out of the ruble of a fallen home. She didn't want to remember her past, her present, or what her future might hold. All she wanted to, was to try to live a normal life with her friends.
She covered up her pain by laughing at everything and to act like her life was perfect, that nothing was wrong. True, she fell some days, made mistakes, and broke down. People judged her without knowing her. They made fun of her, when they didn't know or care for the truth. My point is, they couldn't understand how she acted because they didn't know her.
She once said... "you know my name, not my story. you've heard what i've done, but not what i've been through."

The point I am trying to make is not that everyone is miss judged. But to have people realize that there is more then a person then their cover or their act. There are a lot of people who hide what they are really going through, and other people are quick to judge and look down on them.
Be honest have you ever faked a smile just to get through the day.
Lied to a friends face because you didn't want the questions like, "what's wrong" or the pittiness of others.
Pretended that nothing was wrong when really your whole life is crashing down at rock bottom.

Life isn't easy and we aren't making anyone else's life easier by judging them down. I mean, even if you think you know them well enough...you don't. You might be able to get a perspective or a good idea...but honestly you don't know what they are going through till you live their life, which you never can.

You can never tell what is in someones heart, till you understand everything else about them.