Compassion simply stated is leaving other people alone. - Ram Dass

At night he didn’t seem to sleep like I did. That is, any time I’d wake up at night, I’d look over and he would be sitting in the lotus position. And sometimes I’d make believe I was asleep and then open sort of a half-eye to see if he wasn’t cheating — maybe he was sleeping Now — but he was always in the lotus posture.

The thing about perspective is:
something happens.
it means nothing.
we make up a story about what it means based on what we feel.
this story becomes our truth.
this story creates our reality, our world, what is possible and what is not.

The art of listening comes from a quiet mind and an open heart.