Jan 31, 2022
"I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage
and compassion." Eric Greitens
Courage and Compassion are both expressions of the heart. They are
different characteristics of love. One facet involves bravery and
the other kindness. Their executions are very different yet
complementary. Courage...
Jan 30, 2022
"The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of
respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion
for those who have difficulties." Joseph Bruch
Today we watch in horror as refugees flee from Sudan, Mogadishu,
and Somalia to avoid persecution and worse. Yet less than two
hundred years ago,...
Jan 29, 2022
We can choose between the future and the past, between reason
and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.” Ron
Reagan
Outdated beliefs are often at odds with compassion. These
old-fashioned dogmas founded in ignorance reflect our regrettable
past. Aligning with the obsolete, we get the typical results...
Jan 28, 2022
"Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic
between good and evil proceeding within us." Eric Hoffer
Human nature is complex. We have one foot in our ancestral
hunter-gatherer's sandal founded in survival mode. We have another
foot in the servant leader within. Without the clarity that
compassion...
Jan 27, 2022
"Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity,
moral outrage, fear." Joan Halifax
It is helpful to understand our significant obstacles. Pity and
moral outrage share the attitudes of superiority, arrogance, and
self-importance. Underneath each resides a fear of lacking
worthiness. As we dig deeper,...