I have read three meditations
this morning, ironically all

dovetailing in the topic of
compassion and the question,

“Who is my neighbor?”. Now,
I will turn to the headlines

of the day and read about
the movers and shakers and

their idle antics and struggle
to muster compassion for those

I have an incredibly hard
time seeing as my neighbor

and who surely wouldn’t
see me as one of theirs.