Just Make It Better

The three year old I baby-sit called out my name, distressed about something.

She was peering down at a small spider and looked up at me, scared, asking what we should do.

I told her that all living creatures have souls and contribute and that spiders like that can’t hurt us, so perhaps we should leave it alone?

My answer must’ve appeased her as she smiled slightly, nodded, and headed back to her playroom in agreement.

I marveled at the simplicity of it; how easily empathy can be taught.

How easy it is to accept what we are afraid of when we just try to understand it.

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