#COMPASSION

[metamorphesque]

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being", Milan Kundera (translated by Michael Henry Heim)

[dinosaurwithablog]

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[sickmama]

Hugs heal everything❤️

[dellamortal]

Cole: You like dragons. Big, bright, burning.

Taash: (grunts) Yeah. What’s it to you?

Cole: You don’t just like hunting them. You understand them. Strong, sharp, proud. But lonely, too.

Taash: … Lonely?

Cole: They’re old. Everything they knew is gone. Now they fight because it’s all they have left.

(If Rook is romancing Taash)

Rook: You’re not alone, though. Not anymore.

Taash: I know.

Cole: You’re like them. Strong, sharp. But someone sees you.

Taash: Yeah. She does.

[spacedocmom]

16/05/2025 Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Incoming Transmission…

Using all of your energy just to get through your day - as many chronically ill and/or disabled people need to do - is never laziness. It is the opposite of laziness. You are giving everything you've got. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

[the-honorable-judge-rattus]

Is the defendant, Nelson Rattaganz, guilty of eating the only blackberry and not letting his brothers share?

Exhibit a) testimony from his brothers, Ghal Maraz, and Placenta Rattaganz

Placenta: “squee squeak squee SQUEE”

Ghal Maraz: Squee squee squick squeak!

Exhibit b)

The perpetrator has been caught red handed and mouthed! His face and hands are clearly covered in the berry’s juice!!

At first I considered a guilty verdict but the testimony from the brothers, Placenta Rattaganz and Ghal Maraz has moved this court. My heart goes out to these young men.........I don't usually tear up during trial, sorry.

Verdict: Not Guilty. Nelson, I just wanted to say your brothers have beautiful souls. To forgive you for eating the only blackberry is truly an act of rat compassion. The brothers mentioned that it was unfair for them to not have their own blackberries. How the system let them down. The court agrees. I cannot legally order you to each get a black berry in this case, as you're not defendants. Instead I would like to order the defendant, Nelson Rattaganz gets a berry for each sibling (next time it's berry day). I believe he will be sharing this time based off his apology.

I would like to enter into records the apology of Mr. N Rattaganz: squee squee squee. Squeak squea squee squee.

To all three of you....thank you for reminding this court about compassion.

[misterkusaka]

“There was a Cole,” he whispered.

[creature-wizard]

The real secret to being an effective activist isn't to hate yourself. It's learning to love and cherish everyone. You must learn to appreciate everyone's humanity, to make yourself able to see their potential and their inherent deservingness, and to value their perspectives and their feelings. You must learn how to lift up the marginalized, not put yourself down.

[1968bullittmustang]

Losing your empathy, losing your imagination, and finding yourself alone are all connected.

Right-wing masculinity influencers are counting on book bans and banned words to shrink your heart and mind.

[jacobnordby]

Message of the year:

“How do you spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” — Gov Pritzker

[youlookkindadead]

i've seen quite a bit of confusion about this, so let me attempt to clear things up :

empathy is the ability to feel somebody's emotions as though they are affecting you personally. for example, somebody tells you "my dog died last night!" -> you now feel as though you've lost a pet personally -> you feel grief and sadness just like the other person. not everyone has empathy. it's a trait some people develop and others don't. some have high empathy, some have low empathy, some (like me) have none.

sympathy is the ability to understand and care about somebody else's struggles, even if you don't feel them yourself. so, somebody tells you their dog died -> you realize how this affects them emotionally -> you care about this person, and are upset that they are suffering. not everyone has sympathy either! it's a scale, just like empathy.

compassion is doing something to relieve another person's suffering or make them feel better. somebody tells you their dog died -> you don't want them to remain upset -> you come up with ways to help them feel better, like offering comfort and distractions, or other forms of support. compassion is a learned trait, not something you can be born with like empathy or sympathy. anyone can learn to be compassionate, although some may struggle more with it than others; it's a skill, just like anything else.

however, none of these are required to be a good person. that's a choice you make on your own accord. i hope this clears things up!

[kropotkindersurprise]

March 23, 2024 - “I’m feeding the ones who are not eating.” In a video posted online, a Palestinian boy in Gaza was seen feeding stray cats. When asked if he had food for himself, the boy said “no.” [video]

[compass-strategies]

In stillness, the flower of compassionate insight can bloom, www.compassmethods.com. https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=vWq5-GiYx3z7VcZm

[mouthtapedguy]

New achievement unlocked - Ghosted by Pope

[morbidology]

James Harrison is known as the “Man with the Golden Arm.” He has a rare plasma composition that has been used to create a treatment for Rhesus disease. When he turned 18, he made a pledge to always donate blood. Since then. He has donated blood 1173 times. When he turned 81 on 11 May, 2018, he donated blood for the very last time. Australian policy prohibits anybody over the age of 81 donating blood. Due to James’ donations, he has saved over 2.4 Million unborn babies from the condition. The photograph above shows just some of the babies he saved.