Compassion makes the world go 'round

Everyday interactions and conversations are inevitable. If we can go into conversations with an open heart and still mind, we can give the right encouragement and sincere self. We all have off times, sometimes we need to hold judgement back. We need to find out for ourselves the truth, and put ourselves in a persons position. Just because most think "it" true, doesn't make it so.

“It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.” Dalai Lama “The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” Thomas Merton quotes