Tag: compassion

In healthcare, the focus often leans heavily on tests, procedures, and diagnoses, and rightly so, as clinical accuracy can mean the difference between life and death. But there’s another vital aspect of care: compassion.

A frozen debit card melts the author's heart replacing her irritation with compassion, teaching her kindness by seeing others as children of God.

Sravasti nuns begin a transformative series of Buddhist talks on compassion, starting April 15, offering practical tools and meditation.

Discover the transformative power of compassion in this poignant commentary. Learn about the challenges faced by individuals in expressing their faith in a biased society.

Columnist Paul Graves encourages us to care in this column. To. Give. A. Damn. Or GAD. Because every person has value as a human being.

I completely understood why people didn’t want to have me over, because I probably wouldn’t want me over either. But at the same time, I asked them, where is compassion? Who has a heart? Can’t somebody bend for a little while? When is anybody going to realize that I’m not going to be able to solve any of my “boundary issues” or exacerbations of ADHD or Bipolar Disorder if I don’t find that somebody loves me enough to make a simple sacrifice — and, yet, nobody will.

This Memorial Day, I’m commemorating the life of Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. In terms of recognition and admiration he is second only to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.