Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to a place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it.
Compassion?
There there my friend
Be assured your world is not to end
Break-ups happen every day
Chin up, now I am on my way
It is hard to be compationate, you see
It puts another's pain square on me
It's so much easier to walk away
Reject the suffering that invades my day
Hand out support in very small doses
Save just a little for those the closest
Feel their pain then walk away
To each is own is what they say
Another's burden will weight you down
You are much too busy to stay around
Pat their backs and walk away
Your conscience let's you live this way?
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