Compassion

The greatest love we can have for another is true Compassion.  In today's busy world we are desensitized by other people's stories.  There's so much bad news on the TV, Internet, phone and newspapers that we've grown into people that don't feel, period.  We're afraid to feel because we're afraid that once we give ourselves to another or to a situation, we won't be able to manage our own feelings.

Dictionary.com's definition of compassion is as follows: "a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.".  Compassion truly is the opening of your heart to another...putting their needs before yours which is as close to unconditional love that we may be able to reach.

Trust me I know it's hard to open your heart, I've been told all my life that I care to deeply about people and I feel their pain when they go through difficult things in their lives. Have I been hurt by people because of this?  Of course, I have but I've never changed the way that I am.  I love people deeply and I always look for the positive in any person that comes into my life. If I can't find the positive, I try to look at what I need to learn from this person.  I also try and remember that we are all divine beings trying to do our best.  People making mistakes is part of us being human, if we can try and understand where they're coming from, we will grow as a person and the world will be a better place because of our understanding and compassion.

Deepak Chopra wrote this about if compassion is superficial : "When your individual self identifies with the universal self, then it feels compassion for anyone or any living creature. It’s not superficial in the least, because whatever you are feeling compassion for, it is yourself that you are feeling. Nothing could be more personal and direct than your own feelings. And it is profound because it is more than sentimental or emotional involvement, your soul is engaging and recognizing itself in the soul essence of the other. You are seeing yourself and knowing yourself in the life of the being you are feeling that compassion for."

Open your heart to love and compassion, let go of the fear of feeling, instead accept your feelings and grow as a person.

Till tomorrow,

Bill

Quote of the day "Allow compassion to open heart and discover what true love is."