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In the most simple terms, compassion is about appreciating other people’s feelings, especially when we’ve gone through the same ordeal. Yet it’s much larger than that because even if we’ve never experienced what they’re going through, we can put ourselves in their moccasins and feel how badly they might be feeling. When we’re in a state of suffering, our mental health begins to decline and we often act without compassion and cause harm to others.
Living with compassion in our community is not a new practice; we have always recognized that living a good life is a social experience.
Imagining how much we want others to feel good about themselves, for others to feel healthy and filled with joy – that is compassion. It’s not the reverse, where someone feels sorry for someone else. That’s empathy and sympathy. Maybe you’ve already figured this stuff out, yet to be compassionate towards others is expressing yourself in a deeper way, it involves opening our hearts and minds to others, breaking us out of the lonely, habit of thinking only of ourselves. In fact, our cultural phrase “all my relations” is built upon the deepest meaning of compassion. It means that we are all connected and we are never alone. Becasue we are all in this life together, facing problems together and, when we feel connected with others, we overcome the hardships of isolation, fear and anxiety.
Compassion needs to be active, urging us to assume responsibility to ease others’ struggle. Our ability to help might be limited, but still we do whatever we can because it’s just not okay to stand by while people are troubled and in pain. In these moments compassion becomes the strongest motivation to overcome our struggles and develop our full potential.
Our culture teaches us our ways of being in the world and compassion teaches us that we find Meaning in our sense of connection. That shows us right there just how much Compassion is anchored in our culture. It’s why we can say We Are Never Alone.