Mark Nepo

Oh, today I listened and I lost myself.

Oh, today I was stubborn.

That's the work of self-awareness through the heart.

How do I keep returning to the corridor of aliveness?

And this is why you and I could work at the same office for years.

And oh, we're cordial, but we don't really know each other.

And then one day, shortly after perhaps, you lost your sister.

And shortly after perhaps, I lost my father.

And then now we say hello.

And those walls are down, and we actually see each other.

And I go, oh my god, I had no idea.

It's you.

Oh, here we are.

Let's begin.

Oh, thank you.

And I think that one of the things that's important is when we think of the world, it's overwhelming when we think of these huge and it always has been, how do we reignite compassion all over the world?

Well,

When we think of it conceptually, it is overwhelming and can make us feel insignificant.

But when we feel it through our heart, we become a part of it and that gives us resilience and that's uplifting.

And this is why all of it begins with the smallest detail, the smallest step.