Ti le : One Sky, Many Hea s: Emo ional Di e si y, Empa hy E hics, and he
Neu oaes he ics o Coexis ence
Abs ac
We a e all di e en .
A imes, hose di e ences spa k en y and i al y.
Bu wha i we could see e e y di e ence as a sun, a moon, o a s a —
each shining wi h i s own ligh in he as sky we sha e?
When we ealize his, di e ence is no longe a eason o compe i ion,
bu a quie wonde ha makes he wo ld mo e luminous.
Main Tex
The wo ld is illed wi h coun less shades o ligh .
The people we mee each ca y hei own unique colo ,
hei own way o shining.
Ye oo o en, hose di e ences s i unease wi hin us,
cas ing he shadows o en y and esen men .
One day I asked mysel :
Wha i e e y pe son I mee
is like a s a o a moon in he nigh sky,
o he sun ha b igh ens he day—
each adian in hei own place?
Would I s ill eel jealousy owa d hem?
Would I s ill see hem as i als?
O would I simply ma el a hei beau y?
When we gaze a he nigh sky, we do no compa e he s a s.
A b igh s a does no diminish he glow o a smalle one.
The moon does no compe e wi h he s a s,
no do he s a s en y he sun’s wa m h.
Each shines in i s ime and place,
and oge he hey c ea e he as ha mony o he hea ens.
A e yea s o quie wande ing,
I s epped back in o he wo ld and again wi nessed he shadows o en y and i al y among people.
I wish hose shadows would ade.
I wish hey could come o see ha di e ence is no a law o be ea ed,
bu a gi ha e eals a ligh hey hemsel es do no possess.
When ou gaze shi s in his way,
di e ence ceases o di ide us.
En y ans o ms in o g a i ude.
Ri al y so ens in o collabo a ion.
We begin o unde s and one ano he mo e deeply.
Each o us is al eady shining in ou own place.
And when we uly see ha ,
how can we ha e?
How can we en y?
All we can do is hono he ligh we see—
and lo e i o wha i is.
