I'm happy that you're getting treatment for sleep apnea. I bet you didn't even know it was your problem for a long time. You point seems to be that some problems may be related to untreated medical issues, and I think that's right. More generally that problems might actually be symtoms of underlying medical problems. That's so complicated now that so many of us have no medical insurance!

The link seemed dead. But if I'm getting your suggestion right, it seems you are saying that in our daily lives we need to have compassion for others, and that so many things are pushing us to be uncompassionate.

Disease is very democratic: we all get sick or have underlying medical problems. Pretending this is not the case is downright mean.

In addition to your sleep apnea machine there may be other treatments to help. I wish you good health! And as always thank you for all your work to promote more kindness among us.

This is interesting to me because I seem to be on "the other side" of this issue right now.

I was recently diagnosed with a chronic illness that requires a great deal of maintenance and I also happen to be pregnant. Because of this combination I have had to spend a lot of time away from the office. My boss totally gets it and is completely understanding but some of the other people I interact with who are unaware of my situation seem quick to write me off as a slacker.

I am definately feeling more compassion for other peoples individual needs these days!