Right from the moment
of our birth,
We are under the care and
kindness of our parents and then later on in our life
When we are oppressed by sickness and become old,
We are again dependent on the kindness of others,
Since at the beginning
and end of our lives
We are so dependent
on other's kindness,
How can it be than in the middle we neglect kindness
towards others?

His Holiness the Dalai Lama