We are not alone. There are billions of us sharing this home.
I'm not talking about that illusive construct we call "the environment".
This is about us.
I was hit by a yellow Xterra as I cycled home after work today.
The driver was a mom (there were two kids in the backseat).
I was terrified and hurt.
She got out of her vehicle and,
before any apologies escaped her lips,
she said, "Didn't you see that I was turning left?"
She was concerned about what I could do to her, when she might have been concerned about what she could do for me.
compassion, n. Suffering together with another, participation in suffering; fellow-feeling, sympathy.
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