Blessed are the cracked: for it is they who let in the light.--- Darren Friesen

We may have related experiences (which gives our compassion far more authenticity), but our imagination is limited as to sharing the actual experience of suffering any other individual person bears.

This distance, whether it be physical, psychological, or both, makes it so much easier to not love others as well as we love ourselves. And if we don’t love ourselves either, that would add a whole other dimension too!

[via daydreamer]

Picture: The Natural Condition of the Heart by The Reluctant Disciple