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Hello Everyone,

I want to talk to you about a word that’s used often in our English language, although I’m not sure if we really know it’s truest meaning. The word I’m referring to is compassion, derived from the latin word compati which actually means to suffer with, although many times we think that compassion means to feel bad, or show sympathy for. While we may experience these feelings,compassion in it’s most authentic form always means to suffer with. It asks you to find in your heart the simple but profound willingness to be present, with a commitment to end sorrow and contribute to the well-being and ease of another. A word of kindness, a loving touch, a patient presence, a willingness to step beyond your fears and reactions are all gestures of compassion that can transform a moment of fear or pain. Aligning yourself with the path of understanding and compassion, you are learning to listen to the cries of the world,” writes Christina Feldman (Heart of Wisdom, Mind of Calm: Guided Meditations to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice). She has been teaching meditation for 28 years, and is co-founder of the Gaia House in Devon, England. Feldman states that compassion grows out of having to deal with tragedy, loss, suffering, and pain.

Christ understood the deepest meaning of the word in Matthew 9:36, “He had compassion for the multitudes for they were like sheep without a shepard.” Compassion was his life as he not only suffered with, but suffered for our transgressions. (Isaiah 53:5)

Daily life presents us with innumerable opportunities and people who make us uncomfortable. The next time you are presented with one of these ”opportunities” try and truly “suffer” with the other person, as it is through the suffering that we are able to truly become one with another……. and one with God.