What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.
A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.
The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
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