Every aspect of our experience can be seen as a being.
We welcome some. Are indifferent about others. And actively ignore, reject, or battle some.
The ones we ignore, reject or battle wish for what all beings wish for.
They wish to be treated with respect. Kindness. They wish to be acknowledged. Listened to. Rested with. They wish to be liberated from their own suffering. They wish to be liberated from being treated unkindly.
They come with that wish. And I am the one who can do it for them. I am the one who can treat them with respect, kindness. I am the one who can rest with them, in kind presence.
I am the one who can ask simple questions about the stories creating their suffering, and helping it liberate.
I can do this with any aspect of my experience. Any of these beings, whether they are called sadness, anger, grief, fear, discomfort, pain, suffering, or anything else.
We all have a shared wish to be treated with kindness. So why not give that to these parts of my experience. After all, they are what I am. They are me. It’s a kindness towards me.