Compassion

There is one benefit in feeling stupid, at least when you're old: Compassion

We never met. I have only seen your picture. And even that came long after I knew that we were bonded by an ancient bond, that there was a debt that I owed you

Suddenly, I felt a violent blow strike my head. An eighteen foot wooden beam, plunging from the scaffold atop the five story-structure, hit me and sailed into the street as if thrown by a catapult

A room full of five-year-olds in a Russian cheder learn a new way to read the Alef Bet

This is what compassion does: it simply comes to say hello, with kindness and grace; to be a companion in whatever circumstance presents itself; to banish loneliness, and if not, to accompany the lonely in their solitude

A friend of mine just recently lost her child in a car accident, and I haven’t called because I am just worried about saying the wrong thing...

How do you feel when you get stuck behind a teacher training car?

We have a responsibility not only to help others and protect their dignity, but also to ensure that we refine and develop a sensitive, compassionate and respectful identity for ourselves.

Learning to accept (yours and other's) imperfections, flaws and deficiencies.