Compassion is a great word involving our intellect, our emotions and our actions.
“A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering”.
Compassion means so much more than pity. Pity is a feeling of sadness, but can stay as a feeling and is soon forgotten. It can be quite condescending.
Compassion means more than sympathy. Sympathy means, “feeling with” somebody. When someone is sick we express sympathy but there may be nothing we can do about it.
Compassion means taking action as well, otherwise it is not compassion. Continue reading “Compassion”
Compassion and Justice 