Daily OM: Compassion is the ability to see the
deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover, true
compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between
ourselves and others are an illusion. When we first begin to practice
compassion, this very deep level of understanding may elude us, but we
can have faith that if we start where we are, we will eventually feel
our way toward it. We move closer to it every time we see past our own
self-concern to accommodate concern for others. And, as with any skill,
our compassion grows most in the presence of difficulty.
We practice small acts of compassion every day, when our loved ones are
short-tempered or another driver cuts us off in traffic. We extend our
forgiveness by trying to understand their point of view; we know how it
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