JUST LIKE YOU
JUST LIKE YOU
Walk gently on this earth with purposeful steps
You share this space with seven billion human beings
And countless other precious life forms
Just like you
They all want to be happy
Just like you
They all need love
We’re not going to survive unless we walk
Gently upon this earth together,
Until we touch something in others that
Feels just like the shards of our own pain,
The fluttering warmth of our own joy,
Until we sew their wounds into our hearts
And seal it with our own skin
Poem by Tara Brach – Inspired by the Dalai Lama
REFLECTION:
- Just like you, others want to be happy… others need love.
- Do you engage in purposeful steps?
- Have you been able to touch something in another … shards of pain or warmth of joy?
- How can you be more purposeful in your steps (actions) today to touch another?
