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What does it mean to be a people of compassion?
Compassion calls us to change things! It’s not just about comforting others; it’s about our comfort getting disturbed. It’s about connecting with another’s pain and struggle so deeply that we can’t rest until they rest. When we feel compassion – real compassion – we don’t just understand another’s pain, we want it to stop. And then we do what’s needed to make it stop.
- Option A: Guerilla Compassion
- Option B: Meditate Your Way into Compassion
- Option C: Morning Metta on Your Mirror!
- Option D: A Little Compassion for Yourself
- Option E: Wrestle with Your Niceness
- Option F: Find Compassion in Our Recommended Resources
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET:
- Your Question
- Word Roots and Definitions
- Wise Words
- Music
- Movies
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- Articles
- Books
Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others.
~ Andrew Boyd
I still believe that having compassion for others is not the same as saying that the harm they cause is ok. Empathy is not exoneration.
~ Nadia Bolz-Weber