Until compassion is born in our heart

December 5, 2013

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in our heart. Even if you want to forgive, you cannot forgive. In order to be compassionate, you have to understand why the other person has done that to you and your people. You have to see that they are victims of their own confusion, their own worldview, their own grieving, their own discrimination, their own lack of understanding and compassion. ~Thich Nhat Hanh


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    Pradeep Shukla

    December 5, 2013

    Wishing you a great morning, a fabulous day and a superb life ahead from now onwards.

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    Ronnie Martin

    December 5, 2013

    Compassion can be achieved if forgiveness is a beginning of healing

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    Catherine Wells

    December 5, 2013

    best and hardest lesson i've ever learned, and an important reminder for this single mama on her son's first birthday. many thanks, sweet friend. xo

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    Kavitha M

    December 5, 2013

    very beautiful…………………………..

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    saru saroja

    December 5, 2013

    please give me this flowers to me, so nice

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    Grace Marie

    December 5, 2013

    After all that one will find true peace in one's self

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    Chau Bui

    December 5, 2013

    All is true. If we're not there yet, that's because we're humans. And that's why awakening to the fact that our shortfalls fail us many times, we can only try to live as best and nice to the people we love, those around us, even the acquaintance on the streets, in passing…to come back at the end of the day knowing we have not deliberately hurt anyone…That, I think is learning to be compassionate.

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    Mary Yee

    December 5, 2013

    Wow so beautiful, I like this.

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    Salama Jansen

    December 5, 2013

    compassion whitens the heart nd make our world seems brighter

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    janique dixon

    December 5, 2013

    I find it so hard to forgive a man they call my father….even thou he knws nothing about me he keeps putting a stone in my way….I dnt knw but I cnt find forgiveness for him yet I'm really torn inside…it really hurts

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    Gloria Dombo

    December 5, 2013

    A compassionate heart is a forgiving heart. We are seeking forgiveness so we should be compassionate to forgive.

  126. Reply  

    almadrahi adeeb

    December 5, 2013

    I'm confusing which one I have to choose u, rose or ur words ^-^!

  128. Reply  

    kelly martinez

    December 5, 2013

    hey i like that pic haha lol where did u get it from

  148. Reply  

    Haifa Saad

    December 5, 2013

    We need to be compassionate and to be like this we have to only to put ourselves on other's feet,and to try to deal as what u want to be dealt with.

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