Sensitivity

He took a pig to a concert. Of course, it didn't lie down still and enjoy the wondrous arrangement of sounds and words called melody and lyrics. It kept running around looking for food and trash on the ground. Humans behave no differently from pigs. The insensitive ones would not be moved by words and music. When they read, they hurry along and don't savor and ponder the meanings and the messages intended by the author. Instead they skim and skip and skate along the surface meanings that any idiot with a dictionary would have no problem of locating. Words are always of ultra importance to him. They are the reason he has not gone to the other side of life. They are the tools for him to make music, establish connection, and seek comfort and refuge when storms gather. If one must read, one must do so with due reverence to words. First, take a long bath to cleanse yourself of outside dirt. Then close your eyes and meditate for at least 15 minutes in order to clean your soul of the dirt within. Only then would you be ready to read his words and understand what he meant. In so many ways, his words are like a mirror. When an ugly monkey looks into a mirror, it should not expect an attractive angel looks back. A wise human always thinks before forming an opinion or hurling hurtful words at others. Of course one should not expect a monkey to be wise. If it were, it would not proudly call itself a monkey, would it? An adopted name tells the world, usually subconsciously, what one thinks of oneself, deep down.