tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post2325396438390932005..comments2023-10-08T07:04:49.054-07:00Comments on The Writing Life: "The Compassion Gap" and Other Musingskariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-53757842717592753522014-03-05T08:07:29.800-08:002014-03-05T08:07:29.800-08:00"We are conditioned to talk instead of listen..."We are conditioned to talk instead of listen, and make up our minds but not change them." SO TRUE!<br /><br />As the Dalai Lama says, "There is compassion, then there's everything else."Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-1951585483383159322014-03-04T21:50:33.218-08:002014-03-04T21:50:33.218-08:00Beautiful article -- I admire how measured you are...Beautiful article -- I admire how measured you are, what a great listener you and how open and tolerant your viewpoints --Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-61289463031416853942014-03-04T17:06:12.736-08:002014-03-04T17:06:12.736-08:00Wonderful piece! Thank you for sharing the editor...Wonderful piece! Thank you for sharing the editorial as well. It seems like there is often a huge lack of empathy in our society. If we all took the time to try to put ourselves into each others shoes, we may react differently and with more compassion. I'd like to think this can be taught to a certain extent, as you say, by planting the seeds.chriswreckagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457541238496646702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-4133738683212196442014-03-04T13:47:22.317-08:002014-03-04T13:47:22.317-08:00Dear Kari, NK's New York Times article is spot...Dear Kari, NK's New York Times article is spot on, and as you said, he's highlighted a sad reality of the culture in which we live. To learn compassion takes a willingness, I believe, to think outside the box of our own life. And many people are unwilling to do that. I don't know why. Other people may be caught up in the hubris of their own safety. <br /><br />Your daughter, I think, is right. Volunteering among those who "seem" to differ from us economically or socially or in some other way can help crack open the walls of that box and let compassion seep in. Another thing that helps is an emergency when people must work together for a common good. It seems to me that many people do not normally realize that we do share a common good.<br /><br />Because we have lost in our country a sense of community, we have lost the gifts we can give one another. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.com