Compassion

C IF FOR COMPASSION
I will see a stranger today through the eyes of compassion
I will remind myself that this stranger has parents
And people who love her
Just like me
I will remind myself that this stranger has moments of joy
Just like me
I will remind myself that this stranger has moments of
Anguish and suffering
Just like me
I will remind myself that this stranger will one day grow old
I will remind myself that this stranger will go
Through the cycles of Illness and recovery
Just like me
I will remind myself that this stranger will one day die
Just like me.
Through the eyes of compassion
I will know the stranger not as a stranger anymore
But as a living soul
Just like me