Ouch!

Pain!
Who said you can only feel pain?
Sometimes, you can see it.

The pain the people you love carry—
in their eyes,
in the way they stop speaking,
in the way they try to hold it together.

Have you seen it?
Yes.
Have you felt their pain?
Yes.

So then—
did you walk away?
Did you stay?
Did you offer a warm hug?
Did you hold their hand?
Or did you just stand there...
staring?

What did you do?
When you saw pain,
what did you do?

Because if that didn’t scare you,
if it didn’t move you,
then what are you?

If pain didn’t pull a single word of kindness from your lips—
then what are you?

It’s not about the depth you claim to have.
It’s about the shallowness you carry
when you're untouched by pain.

And in that shallowness—
how much can you really love?
Can you even love?

Because if you love,
pain would move you.
It would break you.
It would stir you.
It would make you hold them.
It would bring you to act.

But did you?
You couldn’t.
What are you?
Who are you—really?

Think.

Look deeper.
Beneath the shallowness—
is there love?

Can you feel the pain?
Can you feel the love?

Yes?
Then:

Lend a hand.
Give the hug.
Share the smile.
Feel the pain.
Show the love.