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.
Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
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.
May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.
Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.
Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way.
Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the generation of compassion, actually mobilizes our immunity.
I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and heart.
