Attention here and now
Compassion emerges when sadness merges with joy
Only those who have transcended the world can make a better world
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If we only knew
Indestructible compassion
Underlies all life.
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Unpretentious
Loving kindness is revealed
In our forgiveness
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Throughout our shared lives
As humans we rely on
Improbable hope.
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You in me in you
In order to understand
Me in you in me.
[pp 322 Field Notes on a Compassionate Life]
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You in me in you
A common stream of virtue
We in us flowing.
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Human compassion
Resonating our concern
For all other things.
[pp 322]
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First and foremost a
Loving presence is vital
Found through a prayer
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Accepting kindness
The reality of life
Is revealed each day
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The secret of life
If that success comes to you
By helping others
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She is consumed by
Keen intransigent kindness
En route to heaven
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All our days living
Are not spent, rather borrowed,
Time only used once
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Be as a brush held
In the hand of the Creator
To create art in the world.
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Kindness of a child
An offering of goodness
A simple package
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Seeking the light
Will lead to becoming
A person of no shadow
Because the light
Shines through you
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The God in you is
The God you alone let through.
To shine on the world
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“Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.”
“Through compassion our humanity grows into its fullness.”
Nouwen-McNeill-Morrison in Compassion
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Every person
Unlimited positive
Regard for each one
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It’s always a choice
Action now or apathy
Life is up to you
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It was a conceit of mine
To think that of all the poor seekers for help
There are none
who have it worse than me
There is a depth to a well
Which grows deeper and richer
As woe is poured in
And compassion is pulled out
The woman of Samaria stood at the well
And drew water for Jesus
He recognized the kindness being given
By one who had suffered in order to stand by that well.
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Enter resonance
All relationships are now
Empathic presence
or
Present empathy
Intertwined us together
As a sacred gift
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Empathy requires
Unconditional regard
For the one person
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Giving and getting
The stuff of life’s renewal
Offered by kind hands
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How do we sustain
The good of each person seen?
Respect and kindness
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The flame of compassion
Is started by generosity
Borne in our own experience of need
Kept alight by
The wind of desire
To be better than we are
A fire shared among people
Who, together, become
A towering blaze
Of life giving warmth in the world
(inspired by Piero Ferrucci, “The Power of Kindness”)
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By way of a chance
Hidden quality is born
Showing reality
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I have a daily dose
Of pain and heartache
Shared and passed on
Life is not pain and sorrow
Life has pain and sorrow
Life is not goodness and happiness
Life has goodness and happiness
Pain and goodness
Sorrow and happiness
Are caused by attachments
Hanging memories on our being
I have a daily dose
Of compassion and wonderment
Shared and passed on
Random acts of kindness
Senseless bouts of cruelty
Daily struggles
And nightly dreams
Such are the things of life
Hanging memories on our being
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All around us now
Opportunities abound
For kindness and grace
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Agitation is
Specific compassionate
Confrontation, yes?
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