In today’s podcast, we’ll investigate compassion, the second Face of Love. Compassion builds on lovingkindness, our capacity to feel friendliness and caring for ourselves and others. Compassion is not for softees. Compassion requires strength, character, and honesty. Compassion says, “Look here.” “Feel here.” “Act and let go”

Compassion says see suffering without shirking. Feel what it feels like without grabbing onto it. Feel the desire to alleviate it from a place of non-judgment. And, act skillfully to relieve it without any attachment to the outcome.

Compassion by its very nature requires an open-heartedness. Compassion says small acts are great acts. And, open hearts are great hearts.