“Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path . . .”--Abdu'l-Baha
A friend we met on pilgrimage sent me this slide show from Europe, where train is the major long distance transportation. This slide show compares our life with a train ride and the people we met in our life as our travel companions. In this regard, I can’t help to think that how incredibly improbable thus precious is every person we met in our life. Think about it, there are about 6 -10 thousand years in human recorded history. And we jump in, live only less than 100 years of it. And within this 100 or so years, there are about 6 billion people coexist with us on this planet. But only 1000 (more or less) of them we come to know by their names and could recognize their faces. And among those 1000ish people, perhaps only a couple dozen of them whom we come to love, like or be agitated with, that is, they caused some type of feeling within us. In another word, somehow they managed to penetrate into our heart and made a heart to heart connection. With such a minimal opportunity, how could we not cherish every encounter, do something to enrich their life as they have enriched our life. Plus, I truly believe, every person we met in our life, provides a unique lessen for us to learn and a unique chance for us to show our genuine kindness, and most of all, with their imperfect character, they help us to develop our capacity to love unconditionally.
Enjoy watching the slide show.
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