-Help! Help! Are there any doctors here?
These cries naturally drew the attention of everyone in the restaurant. I turned around, too. When I only heard the screams, my first thought was that the old man at table four must have been sick, but I was surprised. From the looks on the other people's faces, I could understand that they were just as confronted with false expectations as I was. It's human nature to have one's truth and then be surprised at the reality that doesn't match it.
On the floor lay a young girl, in her twenties. Just a few seconds earlier, she had walked gracefully into the restaurant and had also caught everyone's attention, but it was different. Just a few seconds earlier she had been the subject of admiring glances as she reeked of self-confidence, charisma, and incredible beauty. Some watched her eagerly, some started to look jealously at their husbands, some with outright envy, trying to find even one flaw. It is human nature. But no one thought that in a few seconds everyone would be looking at her with panic and pity in their eyes.
Her incredible sky blue eyes blinked very quickly. Her neat little nose seemed to have almost no breath coming out of it. There was foam coming out of her full, soft lips. Her whole frail, young body shook in convulsions. People reacted differently, some were stunned and panicked and didn't know what to do. Some tried to resuscitate her by putting a spoon in her mouth. Someone called an ambulance. Someone just walked away. I was among the observers. I had not encountered this before, no one had taught me how to behave in such situations, and I myself could not understand how I felt at that moment. When asked, I called the ambulance again and again, but I remained just an observer. I felt sick to my stomach that I could do nothing. I don't even want to imagine how the girl lying on the floor felt. Finally, the ambulance arrived, and the terrible wait was over. The doctors said she was epileptic. People were bewildered, terrified, afraid. Their faces no longer showed the past admiring, jealousy, envy. It is human nature.
What's the point of being jealous without knowing the whole situation, you ask? Answer this question when you see a person who in your opinion is somehow better than you, someone who will cause you to feel insecure about yourself. Even if it's an illusion you've created yourself. What would be your first thought? It's human nature.
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