Compassion is to see a lack in others and to feel sorrow due
to their lack. Compassion sees needs, it
gives room for weakness, it excuses actions done from pain. Compassion can have its weakness, for it
often will treat an adult like a child, or will sometimes shield from positive
hurt. But in its best form, compassion
does not lessen the other person, but moves one to wise action.
Opposite: To judge others for their weakness, to be
apathetic to another’s plight.
What is my first reaction to someone in weakness? Do I tend to blame or to understand? Do I reason in my mind ways to separate from
them, to treat them as immoral or to be frustrated at their weakness? Or do I take pity on their weakness? Can I weep with those who weep? Do I search for ways to comfort or to
avoid the weak?
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