Yes, illness and injury can evoke a deep selfishness in us ... a necessary selfishness: the will to live and the need -- the urge -- to be well and strong and vital. What also can come: selfwithness ... an evolution in our capacity for empathy and tendresse ... calm/ing, composed and courageous response to illness and injury, rather than contemptuous reaction against them --
For every one's experience is a mirror of all ... and practical, respectfully applied compassion -- a genuine response to what we find in the mirror -- is the one medicine that never, ever fails --
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Selfwithness, how lovely, I was craving a new word to day, thank you Jaliya, so very much.
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