Feeling Numb

[asitis]

Yes, and we all feel like the carrot some days. Softening isn't always a bad thing either. A lot of empathy starts as a kind of tenderness we develop from feeling our own wounds and getting to know them in a caring way.

You may not see (or smell & taste in this case) the change in the water yet, but you just started. You are already taking steps that will have positive effects on the people around you. It may not save the M (he may be have poured into another pot for now... OK I'm stretching this metaphor too far), but it will start making the water smell and taste really good.