"A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion is the virtue that opens heaven to us." ~Joan Chittister
"Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community." ~Joan Chittister
"Everyone suffers in life. Compassion is that quality in another that makes it possible for us to survive it." ~Joan Chittister
"Ideals do not determine what we do to make a living in life; They govern what we become as we do it." ~Joan Chittister from LLF
"It's one thing to do good; it's another thing to be good. It's possible, perhaps, to do good simply out of principle, but it's impossible to really be good that way--not if goodness is a quality of the heart and not simply an exercise of the will."
"Life buffets us at our best. That's why the hand of one who understands our efforts, our errors, becomes the bridge that carries us over the failures of life." ~Joan Chittister
"What we hold in our hearts for others is the way we'll act toward them." ~Joan Chittister
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OTHERS
"There is within each of us a child. A child who, to one degree or another, did not receive the parenting he or she wanted. There was not enough love or care or support.
We keep looking for someone to be the good parent, someone to count on. We demand that our own parents change and apologize for their mistakes or inadequacies. They often become defensive and refuse; they didn't have a "total" parent, either.
There is only one way to get superb parenting of the child who will always be within you. Only one person truly knows what that child wants. Only one person will, or can, love and nurture that child to the point of peace and joy. Only one person can be the good mother, father, brother, sister. You are your best parent and friend.
Accept, love, and care for the child within you." ~Joan Chittister
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