Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
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.
The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.
This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.
I think compassion is an important quality in people in general.
We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
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