Hello again,
Today I am thankful for compassion. The webster's dictionary describes compassion as "sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it." Other dictionaries describe it as a deep awareness or sympathy towards others. I am thankful for compassion because without it I think this world would be a much poorer place to live. I do not mean financially of course but in terms of quality of life. Compassion allows us to relate as best we can and sympathize as well as try to make the situation better. I have felt the compassion of others as I have struggled to get through recovery from surgeries as well as other things that I have had to deal with and even if it is just a kind word that someone can offer-that can and does make such a difference.
I think sometimes compassion causes us to feel helpless because we want to help others but we don't know how and we feel we have nothing we can offer. Depending on the situation, a lot of times it is comforting to the person just to know that someone cares and wishes they could do something. Somestimes just saying you wish you knew what to say or you hope things improve is helpful because it shows you care. Often compassion leads to people in other countries having a better life with things like clean water or a roof over their head or education or food because people care and do what they can which is often to donate money to charities doing the work. Compassion really does make the world a better place. Maybe it helps people to understand when someone is suffering and it prevents them from being as hard on that person because that person is not able to accomplish as much. I hope I am able to convey my thoughts clearly-sometimes I feel that it is hard to communicate what I am feeling or thinking. For these reasons I am thankful for compassion
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