empathy

The Inheritance of Kindness

I often find myself wondering — why is it so difficult for some people to be kind? Especially to those who serve them, quietly, day after day, without asking for much in return. A waiter at a restaurant, a house help, a colleague who takes the blame so the team stays safe. What makes someone raise their voice or dismiss another person’s dignity so casually?

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Empathy

If you see all things change,
Nothing will you try to hold.
Unafraid of dying,
Nothing is beyond your reach.

Controlling the future,
Like taking the master’s place,
Handling his tools,
You risk cutting yourself deep.

Born soft, supple, alive with grace,
Men grow stiff in death’s embrace.
Plants tender, pliant in their birth,
Brittle, dry, return to earth.

Inflexible, disciples of death’s call,
Soft and yielding, life knows all.
Hard and stiff, soon broken, fail,
Soft and supple, they prevail.
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