I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I had to be compassionate and understand the position of those abusing me. I had to figure it out and then rise above it.
I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'
I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.
I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.
I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.
My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes.