Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?

Sam Harris
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The thought that there are people in the world who are terrified of losing their loved ones is one that can be hard to imagine. Not everyone has the ability to make the kind of friends who stay with them no matter what. Those who do have an advantage, however, in that they know what others are feeling in the loss of a loved one. For this reason, it’s important to understand how to go about being kind to them too.

Source: The End Of Faith: Religion, Terror, And The Future Of Reason

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