compassion

Then his heart made up his mind.

As people used to say, __hat the heart loves is the cure._ The cure for healing the wounds and conflicts between faiths and systems of belief involves awakening to the unique ways that each heart carries devotion and love. When followed far enough, simple belief can transform into wisdom; raw passions can become a greater compassion that trusts what resides in one__ heart and even in the hearts of others. Until the heart opens and the eyes begin to see there is always the danger of blindness and narrowness and the tendency to hold onto narrow ways of being.

Now I need to speak directly and with compassion to those who have already pushed open the door of premarital sex. The monster has been released. You've lost your virginity and may have been sexually active for years. Perhaps you've been carrying a load of guilt for doing what you knew was wrong.

The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you.

We can bring heaven on the earth when we have compassion for all living beings.

Unless we understand how the twists and turns of life operate to make us, we cannot comprehend who and what we are. Without self-awareness, we are blind to registering the intertexture of other people__ inner life. Gracefully enduring personal hardships expands our minds to extend sympathy and empathy for other people. By casting our personal life experiences into a supple storytelling casing, we create the translucent membrane that quarters the fusion of our flesh, nerves, blood, and bones. Self-understanding is an essential step in loving the entire world.

COMPASSION ALERT:As we enter the Season of Goodwill - Feel the warm glow in your heart by lighting up a smile on someone's face

Only love and compassion can bring true and lasting transformation

Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I have no desire to foresee you, only to discover you.

There is nothing in nature which approximates to the idea of a hospice.

Feeling compassion toward a dangerous person will not lead you to submit to them or put yourself at risk or condone their actions. What it does simply, is relieve your anxiety _ which immediately makes you stronger and more resilient.

The term compassion means shared suffering. You develop compassion by knowing what it is like to suffer.

Compassion and kindness it turned out, was good for your health.

No matter what path you're on in this life, if that path isn't about love, you're on the wrong path.

Suffering is always an invitationto awarenessand compassionand action.

Be careful that you do not misjudge or underestimate this man. He is more than he seems and less than you imagine. He is in pain. That pain, however, is always on the very edge of rage. Use your heart, use your gift to listen and to hear the nature of this man's heart, and save him if you can, rather than destroy him.

Truly listening, attentively, and with care, is one of the simplest and most kind gifts we can give anyone.

Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient.