compassion | Doubting Believer

by revruss October 3, 2018

Faith Practices

On Empathy and Action

It does seem that the world is a little lacking in compassion these day. We can't force other people to be more compassionate, but we can work in our own lives to be more compassionate. Empathy and Action are both steps on the road to a more compassionate life, but I believe we have to look at them together. Empathy without action isn’t worth much, and action without empathy can be more ...

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Sometimes it really does hurt

I took my daughter to the orthodontist today for what seems like the zillionth time. There was a girl in the chair next chair who was much younger than my daughter, probably still in elementary school. She was crying. I don't know if she was just getting braces on or if it was her first tightening or what. But she was crying and saying, "It hurts! It hurts!" (BTWs, I had ...