Compassion: The natural expression of a joyful heart.
Albert Schweitzer said, I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
The path to happiness: relieving the suffering of others and help them find happiness. May my happiness lead to the happiness of others. Create your own vow.
At its core, compassion is a recognition that we are all interconnected, that your suffering is my suffering, that when I see you in pain, my heart trembles. Compassion is a profound softening of the heart when it encounters suffering.
Meditate and become completely focused on experiencing lovingkindness and compassion for all beings. Open your minds and hearts to others. Instead of getting so caught up in What about me? you do a little more of What about you? May you be free of suffering.
Compassion is a verb. Compassion and action go hand in hand It gives real meaning to the phrase "moved by compassion. Offering our compassionate presence not only helps another but deeply nourishes us as we do it. And we don't need to know how to do anything other than be present.
Gandhi said Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it. Why? Because as we compassionate action, we ourselves grow and unfold as noble beings. Develop equanimity. Bring to mind someone you care about, preferably someone you love deeply. Hold an image of that person in your mind's eye and repeat these words as if they were a blessing: Your happiness or unhappiness depends upon your actions, not only on my wishes for you. I care for you but I cannot keep you from suffering. I honor your life's journey.
You are not obligated to complete the work but neither are you free to abandon it. Each of us can empower others to find and fulfill their destiny. Every young person is a good candidate to invest in, even those who are confused or seem to be lost.
Serving is different from helping. Helping is based on inequality...When we help we may inadvertently take away from people more that we could ever give them... when we serve, we serve with ourselves...the wholeness in us serves the wholeness in others...Service is a relationship between equals. Rachel Naomi Remen in Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1996.
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