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Do
you have compassion? Compassion is when we open our hearts to
empathize and extend love to others. It may be easy to have
compassion on those who you see as suffering from life events or
forces outside of themselves, but can you offer compassion for those
who are victims of their own choices. Can you have compassion for
the homeless crack addict as well as the baby born with health
issues? Can you come to a place of compassion for those who are
stuck in unawareness, suffering in a living hell of their own doing?
If you can have compassion on all who suffer, regardless of the cause
of suffering, then this is unconditional compassion. Practice
feeling compassion towards those you normally judge as “losers”.
The reality is they are suffering because they have lost themselves.
Thoughts of judgment only serve to irritate us and reinforce feelings
of being better than others. Praying for those who suffer will not
only help them, it will enhance your own feelings of serenity.
Be compassionate, and be happy, my Friends-
Laura Barrette Shannon
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