The Twofold Gift of Compassion

[ornoth]

First, two operative assumptions:

Every human being experiences some degree of suffering during their lives.

Every human being wants their suffering to be heard and met with compassion.

Given those two truths, the logical inference is that all compassion comes from beings who are experiencing suffering of their own.

Think about that for a

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I have often struggled with the notion that "suffering becomes redemption". Your thoughts on suffering allow me to see this redemption in a new light; when I can set aside my own suffering and offer compassion to another then the possibility of that person's redemption becomes very real.

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[ornoth]

... as well as your own redemption. ;^)

Thanks for the feedback! It's always gratifying when someone finds one's thots of value.