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Compassion For The Season
Many people find this time of year difficult to navigate. Compassion can be a gift that keeps on giving even after the holidays. Everyone can use a break. I believe that God is there with us as we travel through life even this time of year. As we journey through Advent, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Day many memories are brought to the forefront.
This time of year can bring unexpected events such as illness and traumas that make life more challenging. I think we need to be there for one another through all the things that are going on. Good things like compassion, empathy, sympathy, and kindness are always the best gifts anyone can get.
The best part is that you don’t need to wrap them up or wait for them under your tree on Christmas Day. To all of you, my friends know that you have my compassion in your struggles.
Quote Of The Day
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.
George Washington Carver
Thought Of The Day 08072022
When you get knocked down sometimes you need someone to help you get up again. Be a helping hand up, it’s better for everyone. When we all pitch in the work of making things better is a light load.
May compassion, empathy, and sympathy be the rule of the day, every day.
Sunday Reflection: Compassion Is Powerful
Compassion is powerful. It is the act of feeling concern and pity for the misfortunes of others. It is so needed in a world where people are impacted by the Coronavirus, wildfires in the west, hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and regular situations of poverty, hunger, depression, and the like. Sometimes it means forgiving huge debts that would be impossible to repay like those who have a tough time making rent, paying medical bills, and the like.
Compassion is powerful in that it can take the pressure off people who are at their breaking point. Desperate people who through no fault of their own cannot seem to get ahead. Sometimes the system just doesn’t work for them. It means being fair and just which can mean the difference in the lives of those who need it most. The important thing to know is that you could be the person in peril, facing a mountain you cannot climb and one paycheck away from losing it all. We are all in that boat whether we like to admit it or not.
Compassion is powerful in that it works both ways. Everyone is worthy of it. Now that is not to say that one should compassion be a way for someone to take advantage of you, but it can be a way that shows a better way of living.
Compassion is powerful in that you can find your way of doing that for others. Now is not the time to be focused on ourselves but to make the world a better place by giving our friends and neighbors a much-needed break. Harness that power you must give breath and life to those in need.
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