Colds...not fun

The other day a friend was sick with a cold and I thought, that's too bad. But it didn't really effect me. Then I was thinking about it more and realized that it never seems to effect us when somebody else is sick with whatever it may be. But then when we get sick, we feel horrible and wish others would have sympathy for us, but really it doesn't bother them that much or at all. So, our house is slowly having the cold take over as usual. First my daughter, than me and my son and most likely my husband won't get sick. My point really is that I just found it interesting the way we think when it doesn't effect us. But really being sick is not fun and it seems we can never sympathize until we are in that situation. It's like giving birth. We go through it and know the pain of it, but when somebody else goes through it, we think "too bad" but then we can move on.
Anyways, just some rambling thoughts. I guess maybe we should care more when people get sick. Or maybe nobody else thinks this way.