I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.
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Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
I think compassion is an important quality in people in general.
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.
Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.
Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
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 think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
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