Often, the people who are gentlest with others are not those who have avoided suffering, but those who have sat beside it long enough to recognize it everywhere.
There’s also something deeply practical about it. When we sincerely wish well for another, even briefly, the mind loosens its tight grip around “me.” The burden may not disappear, but it becomes lighter to carry.
A candle losing wax can still light another candle.
In fact, sometimes it glows softer and warmer because it knows darkness so well.
ORIGINAL COMMENT
There’s also something deeply practical about it. When we sincerely wish well for another, even briefly, the mind loosens its tight grip around “me.” The burden may not disappear, but it becomes lighter to carry.
A candle losing wax can still light another candle.
In fact, sometimes it glows softer and warmer because it knows darkness so well.