Compassion

I was listening to "Think" an interview driven radio program hosted by Krys Boyd on NPR this afternoon. There was an interesting discussion on Compassion and Courage inspired by Dallas Morning News columnist, Leslie Garcia, and her yearlong series of essays on balanced living entitled "The 12 Healthy Virtues".  I was moved by the topic of Compassion and wanted to share these quotes with you:

Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment. --Arthur Jersild

Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow of the fullest human and divine energies. --Matthew Fox

Be Compassionate.