At times the world can be a bleak place. I for one, am an optimist and believe in the power of kindness. When you give it a chance, you will be surprised where it may take you! And not only will it change someone else’s life, it will change yours as well.
What exactly does compassion mean to you?
Is it helping someone up who is feeling rather blue?
Holding hands with someone who is feeling quite upset?
Or helping someone older do their best not to forget?
Perhaps it’s full forgiveness when someone did you wrong.
Perhaps it’s full acceptance of someone else’s song.
Is it searching for the good in a person you just met?
Or searching for the good in someone you’d rather soon forget?
Perhaps a home-cooked meal for someone lost in grief.
Or an afternoon spent raking someone else’s leaves.
Perhaps it’s patience as you quietly sit listening to a tale.
Perhaps it’s patience as you follow someone driving like a snail.
Is it seeking understanding in a world you don’t quite get?
Is it offering forgiveness to a choice you much regret?
Perhaps it’s lots of patience for someone older than you.
Perhaps it’s lots of patience for someone younger than you.
The kind place of compassion has many, many faces
And when you let it fill your heart, it will take me many places.
The kind place of compassion will never steer you wrong
For the kind place of compassion is where we all belong.