The Love We Should Have For Each Other

I don't want to write this to hurt feelings, but, in any case, my goal is to tell you how I think we should care for each other, how to grasp a bit of compassion for one another.

For the most part, we've been trapped to believe that we're the most important things on earth - me included. And sometimes, we even do things that we may think are selfless, but in reality we only do to make ourselves feel better.

I get it, we all want to be happy, but at the expense at diminishing other people's happiness? I don't understand how that can be fruitful in any sense. And, I want to be clear about this, although there are some philosophical beliefs that differ each one of us (and by all means, we should stand by our beliefs), there is still, regardless of our differences, a uniting truth that gives us reason to consider and have compassion for each others situations independent of our own struggles - we are all subject to the human experience.

It is really hard to look past ourselves, I can't lie. And the worst part is, trying to do so when everyone else just doesn't care to try.

For the record, there is a theoretically right and wrong way to everything, but because we are human - what's more important is that we focus on being ideally compassionate -not perfect. And also, for the record, compassion is the ability by effort to be able to feel other people's struggles and consider them as your own and to consider their previous, prior, and in the future actions in light of their situations, independent of your own actual problems.

Sometimes, being a good friend requires you to be firm and harsh while helping them find the best way for them to solve their problems. But, all the time it's necessary to do so with a voice that shows how much you love them. And sometimes they won't understand you at that moment, but if you really took the effort to be compassionate, someday they will.

And if you're somebody that's really trying hard to be there for people, I respect you so much. How you're so selfless, understanding, and gentle, but still unwavering in your beliefs.

I think St. Thomas Aquinas said it the best: "Love is the effective willing of the good of the other".

Sincerely,
Aaron

Sincerely,
Aaron