And every new employee heard the same story during orientation.
Not the names.
Not the details.
Just the lesson.
“Never assume you know what someone is surviving in silence.”
Years later, during an interview, a reporter once asked Laura:
“What changed your life?”
Laura smiled softly.
Then she answered with the truth.
“A door.”
The reporter looked confused.
But Laura simply stared out the window for a moment.
Remembering a muddy street.
A frightened father holding a crying baby.
And the moment a wealthy woman discovered how poor her own soul had become.
Because sometimes life waits until you open the right door…
before it finally shows you who you really are.
