Life is not
a black and white
photograph.
At our best,
we are never
innocent;
at our worst,
never guilty.
Reality comprises
infinite shades
of gray.
Fumbling through
the fog of life,
we hurt
and are hurt
in turn,
love and are
loved in turn.
Neither feels
from inside
as it appears
from outside.
You can never know
another man's blues,
never feel
another man's pain.
Accept that.
Be slow to judge,
hope your sins
are forgiven,
forgive those
who have sinned
against you.
If you wish to be human,
there is no other choice.
Compassion, that most
demanding virtue:
absolutely difficult,
equally necessary.
Practice, fail, continue.
There is no other life.
-mce
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