compassion

The Compassionate Approach

by Helen McConnell. 

I wanted to share with you some thoughts sparked in me this morning by an excerpt from a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.  
 

As I prepare to teach a course on self-compassion, this passage jumped out at me as profoundly wise:

A Guide to Cultivating Compassion in Your Life

Photograph from A Creative Universe: Food for Your Eyes

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.  ~Dalai Lama

written by Leo Babauta

Compassion is Radical

The new sciences support insights of the ancient mystics-that we are fundamentally interconnected, that the diversity of cultures provides "unlimited richness," and that each of us contain the seeds of the whole world order.

by Michael Nagler

Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense

Tammy Stellanova

By Emma Seppala

Managers often mistakenly think that putting pressure on employees will increase performance. What it does increase is stress—and research has shown that high levels of stress carry a number of costs to employers and employees alike.

Religion and Spirituality Compassion Reader

Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human. ~Henri Nouwen

The Best Kept Secret to Happiness: Compassion

by Emma Seppala

Opening the Heart with Lovingkindness

by Terrance Stone

Children's Charter for Compassion

Text of the Children's Charter for Compassion. Compassion means to feel what others are feeling – especially when they are feeling pain or sadness. Compassion is inside of all of us. It doesn’t matter if you are a girl or a boy, how old you are, what country you live in, where or if you worship, or the color of your skin. We can all show compassion for others.

How Louisville, KY-USA Works to Build Compassionate Schools

Surrounded by school students of all ages, Louisville educators and city officials today celebrated the launching of “Youth Engaging Compassion”, a program to introduce, support and educate Louisville's youth to the values of compassion and guide them in putting compassion into action. The program launch was at the Muhammad Ali Center, a partner in the project along with Jefferson County Public Schools, the Archdiocese of Louisville, Metro Government and other independent schools and organizations.

For the Classroom: Using Videos and Discussion

art work by Filatov Dmitry 

Note for Teachers and Educators

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