Sensitivity is the language of love.

Cultivating mindfulness is deepening one’s sensitivity. Whereas before, we could stamp on ants and watch killing in movies without wincing, now we shed sorrow to the sight of violence upon the smallest of creatures. That grief we feel in our chest is compassion. Although it is hard to process, if we allow ourselves to feel, we will learn the way to transform it. This is a sort of magic, I dare say the most powerful kind.

Detective Sherlock Holmes has a famous quote that says, “You see, but you do not observe.” The author points out that we look at things but are not mindful of the details. Like Watson has seen the stairs many times but didn't know how many there were. I would take a step further and add that “You see, but you do not observe and you do not feel.”

The magic of love is not only seeing from a logical, factual plane like Holmes, but also from an emotional plane through feeling. Whenever we hear a story and let ourselves experience what the protagonist goes through, that is the work of love. If we find this hard, we can even close our eyes to imagine. We can ask the person to describe in details their feelings and ask for confirmation: "Dear one, is this how you feel?" If we can understand more deeply than the words, even just a little more, we are practicing love.

To love well, we must use words only as pointers and never as boundaries. The moment we let ourselves feel what the other is going through beyond the lines, we are letting ourselves be human being and thus, we can touch another human / being. Whenever we are truly human and being, life becomes miraculous.