MARCH - Love & Compassion

                                                                             Illustration by Miki Howenstein
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……. These reflections help in developing more sensitivity to yourself and others, realizing that all of us are doing what makes sense to us, based on our unique pasts and personalities. And in becoming so, you discover the true enrichment of your own spirit and the world around you by the power of love..….　(From page 80 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”)

Author’s Comment: Understanding your own story, and the reasons that you do what you do is key to loving yourself. And doing the same for others, listening to how they came to be who they are, will grant you an understanding which can grow into love. This isn’t to say you will agree with what he is doing, but it does allow you to see that he has a reason for acting as he does. Then, by putting yourself in his shoes, you can feel your spirit expand and a seed of love for him, however, small, has been planted.