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"Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root."
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"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."
"When you learn to kill animals, you are unconsciously teaching cruelty to other creations."
"Before hurting an animal, feel her pain and see her tears. Then question your conscience."
"Wisdom without Christ brings bitterness, with Christ it brings compassion."
"Approaching others with a loving heart enables you to be more caring, compassionate, and empathetic. What's not to love about that?"
"Have compassion for people as long as you are one of them too."
"A word of consolation may sweetly touch the ear.Now and then a quiet songwill clear the mind of fear.A simple act of kindnesscan ease a load of care.Stories told in memorydiminish all despair.A whispered prayer of comfortdraws angel arms around.Counting blessings, great and small,helps gratitude abound.These acts, all sympathetic,will kindly play their part.But seldom do they dry the tearsshed mutely in the heart."
"You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion."
"There is no doubt that the most effective way to heal my pain is to purposefully put it to work healing the pain in the life of another. But that means I must endure the pain of not focusing on 'my' pain."
"Every peak and valley of your life has led you to deeper understanding and, ultimately, growing compassion."
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"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."
"We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating."
"To celebrate someone else's life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment or from below with envy."
"No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It's how we relate to conflict, as well as to our differing needs and expectations, that makes our relationships sustainable."
"The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the supreme delusion of a runaway ego looking out for "number one. In fact, just the opposite is true."
"We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones."
"Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties, it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it."
"If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn't deplete us to give."
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