Compassion

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." – The Dalai Lama

It sounds simple, but these days, compassion feels harder to hold onto.

Maybe it’s because life moves too fast. Maybe it’s because we’re all carrying more than we let on. Maybe it’s because it’s easier to judge than to pause and wonder why someone is the way they are.

But maybe compassion isn’t about grand gestures.
Maybe it’s not about saving the world or fixing everything that’s broken.

Maybe it’s about the moments we choose to see someone instead of looking away.

Like when you let someone finish their sentence—even when you disagree.
Like when you recognize that the angry cashier might just be having the worst day of their life.
Like when you remind yourself that you don’t have to feel the same pain to acknowledge that it exists.

Compassion isn’t weakness. It isn’t an obligation. It isn’t just an abstract idea.

It’s a choice—one we make, or don’t, every single day.