| Compassion 12

To deeply realise that another human being can experience the depths of despair or the heights of joy, appreciate the beauty of a flower or a sunrise, salivate at the smell of coffee, enjoy the comforting taste of chocolate, go through the excruciating pain of a sore tooth, the painful loss of a loved member of one’s family or a close friend, snuggle in the warmth of a bed on a cold winter’s night, tumble in the exuberant energy of a summer wave at the beach, or experience the heights of passion of an orgasm…we come to realise that others are just like us, vulnerable, hoping, caring, loving, fearing, and therefore we can be more compassionately aware towards them.

© Aaron John Beth’el