Growing up in a household with a lot of children my mother made it her job to make sure we grew up with the skills needed for the real world, one of them being compassion, whether it was for people, animals, or even objects. My mother thought that compassion is what people see on the outside like a first impression. It shows that we are human, so in my early adulthood, I spent time giving back to the community, helping those less fortunate donating my time and money to those who needed a little extra help. I have done community service runs and walks to raise money for charity like the march of dimes, leukemia, and breast cancer. I have even dedicated my time to church to help on weekends when I am not working. I like to think I have based my life on giving back to the community because I was raised that way but also because I like helping people. Compassion is something you are taught by the people you are around, you …show more content…
Compassion is significant in relationships, especially those who have been together for years and are out of the honeymoon phase also known as passion. The lessons that we learned in this sub-topic are vital and I want to be able to incorporate them into my daily life and the relationships I build. I also think this will help me understand myself more because I could be lacking key traits about compassion and sabotaging my own relationships. I know I am compassionate already, but I want to compare how these traits could be combined to help people understand why compassion is both a positive thing and a negative thing. I also want to explain how society can apply these simple traits in their daily lives, whether it be work, relationships, or friendships. I will also explain examples of how people do so, whether it be with family, friends, or
Compassion has became something rare in our society, and something that a lot of people lack. The author, Barbara Lazear Ascher, explains to us that compassion is not a character trait, but rather something that we learn along the way with the help of real life situations we encounter, such as the ones she encountered herself. Ascher persuades her audience that compassion is not just something you are born with by using anecdotes, rhetorical questions, and allusions.
In Barbara Lazear Ascher’s essay titled “On Compassion, Lazear describes her various encounters with the homeless in order to create her argument concerning the origins of compassion. In her argument directed at an open-ended audience, she interprets compassion abstractly and portrays empathy as the building block to compassion; meaning, to be a more tolerant society, one must first learn empathy to understand and demonstrate true compassion. When analyzing Ascher’s rhetoric, her meticulous use of diction and rhetorical devices reveal a developing skeptical. Namely, Ascher’s use of rhetorical questions, a first-person narrative, and a careful selection of detail convey her initial skeptical attitude toward her subject of compassion.
Statistically, over 670,000 Americans are homeless with a growing number. 48 million people go to bed hungry every night. Although we do provide shelters and opportunities in America, millions of people are homeless worldwide. Even on a more minor level there are still hundreds homeless within hometowns. Everyday we encounter the homeless whether by seeing them holding their personal signs at stoplights, confronts with beggars, or viewing them from afar under bridges. In her essay titled “On Compassion”, writer Barbara Ascher uses rhetorical techniques detailing some of her personal homeless experiences within the city life, Asher does effectively use logos, pathos,
Compassionate men connect on a deeper level because they show me that they care and they have the capacity to console me when I feel dejected. Men who have compassion also express empathy; they can comprehend the emotions of others. I find this attractive because I know that they can comfort me through my hardships and I can rely on them to understand my feelings. I find that men with the quality of compassion possess sexiness because they have knowledge. Their knowledge and insight on other’s thoughts and emotions gives them power. This power that they possess, because of compassion, exhilarates and frees one’s soul; they can free others from one’s burdens because their power allows a change in attitude and can facilitate an improved mood. In addition, I find a compassion man sexy because they allow me to see a piece of their heart and it reflects in the way that they show a deep soulful connection with me through their kindness and
What is compassion? It has two components. One component of compassion means to put yourself in another person’s shoes, and ask yourself, What if I were that person? How would I feel? So, compassion means to develop an awareness of the suffering in another person. Another component of compassion is self-compassion, having compassion doesn’t always have to be putting everyone else before you, sometimes compassion can mean putting yourself first. Throughout generations, compassion has played an important role in many people, it’s a natural instinct within all of us. We show compassion towards our loved ones, when confronted with someone in pain, we
Whether it be mentoring, helping the homeless, giving blood, holding a charity event or helping support those in need. No matter what the type of work you do is, it matters as long as it helps the community become a better place. The act of kindness that you perform today can save a life tomorrow. Every person isn’t born with ethical thoughts, or thoughts at all but they learn them as they grow. For example, if you see your parents or someone that you admire do good things such as giving back, and help people who need it or just doing right by the religion that they follow, then there is a split chance, that you will follow in those same exact footsteps and fill them just as well as you were taught. Not saying you have to go out of your way to give money to help someone pay for groceries and do things for the less fortunate, but put yourself in their shoes. What would life be like from the other side? Could you still have everything you have now? Everybody can’t be financially stable all the time and you never know when the tables could turn and you can be in their place. It doesn 't take much time to make a difference in your community or any community rather. Give what you can and be that change you want to see in others. We have to learn to work together, rather than despising one another or not getting along with each other for no reason logical. “Two minds are greater than one”. If we stop working against each other and start
I am dedicated to helping out our community and school, because it warms my heart and soul. Seneca said in about 40 to 60 A.D. that you should “be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.” In other words you should not boast about the numerous projects you have accomplished and how much physical work you executed, but rather pride yourself on how you helped people in community and school, and how you have affected their lives with positive means. I feel life is joyous and it should be the feeling everyone illustrates, and this is exactly what keeps me functioning in the stressful world today. I find comfort in helping others to make their lives a little more like heaven and this comfort motivates me to perform copious service projects to the best of my capability whenever I find the time. Time is fair to the rich, the poor, and to every race, because time is equal and gives everyone 24 hours daily to accomplish their required tasks. Because time is so valuable and I am occupied by difficult advanced placement and honor classes and juggle school, clubs, sports, and friends, I joined Key Club, a high school division of the adult service club, Kiwanis. Key Club opened new doors to make every extra minute count towards helping others.
For instance, if one person is despondent other will do anything to make ones pleased. Everyone deserves compassion, and that no one should be the judge to whether the other person actually deserve it or not, but in general, some individual do not always feel the need to extend their compassion to others, in most cases because they do not think the others deserve it, or it’s because some people do not feel as though they are able to afford to help in any way possible. For example, there are people who naturally have sympathy to one another, but in some cases some people just have sympathy for interest. Some people help the needed one for interest to show the world their good actions, but in reality they are people who are just showing their compassion for interest or benefit. Compassion is someone who is willing to help the needless, who is always there for them in the hard times. “However, compassion is defined as the emotional response when perceiving suffering and involves an authentic desire to help alleviate that suffering” (Seppala). The compassion of a human is portrayed through actions, emotions, and most importantly love
Within the two essays On Compassion by Barbara Lazear Ascher and On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner, the idea of living poor is presented as a central theme. Do earthly possessions and abundance of money really make you rich? Or in reality, are you really poor because you're focusing more on self-involvement rather than compassion and thoughtfulness towards other individuals? According to dictionary.com, the definition of poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Of these two essays, On Compassion is more effective to its purpose.
Radey, M., & Figley, C. R. (2007). The social psychology of compassion. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(3), 207-214.
To me, compassion is something important to avoiding anger and hate. To be compassionate is to help those that need it to carry on. To me, showing compassion means to show someone kindness without any ulterior motives. Compassion is to show someone that you care about what happens to them, and how they feel. Being compassionate is to be friendly to the people around you, rather than having an attitude. To me, Compassion is something special that can change someone's heart, and how they see the world.
Dee Rees's film "Mudbound" explores the complex relationship between race and class, with a moving story set in post-World War II Mississippi. The film skillfully captures the harsh realities and glaring inequalities of the era, emphasizing how these societal structures profoundly affect the characters' lives based on their race and economic status. The white McAllan family, who struggle with their own form of economic hardship despite being landowners, and the black Jackson family, who live in rural Mississippi, provide a vivid illustration of the intersection of race and class; Henry McAllan, the patriarch, purchases a farm in the area, highlighting his desire for social mobility and stability. But the difficulty of farm life and the pressure
The ideal of compassion can be applied to the professional life in many ways, such as leadership, relationships, job fulfillment and performance. The ethics of compassion in
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness. This quote said by the Dalai Lama has a great meaning to it. Most just see compassion as another word in this world, when it’s so much more than that. Compassion bring people together, makes the world a better place, and most importantly allows you to connect with others. Compassion is necessary to the human experience because it keep the world emotionally connected.
These experiences have afforded me opportunities to demonstrate my gifts and talents that had previously gone undiscovered. Through different community service opportunities, I either learned something new about myself or I was reassured something. These qualities include that I am creative, reliable, open-minded, passionate, and an effective team player. Community service changed my life by developing my character through enhancing my transferable skills, which allowed me to see the world differently. Everyone, from all walks of life, needs to in some way, shape, or form give back to the community because it will not only benefit the less fortunate but it will benefit the volunteers as well. Additionally, I learned about the wide variety of resources available to help the community. There are so many resources out there that people are ignorant to like certain shelters and food banks. Ultimately, community service taught me the greatest gift I could ever receive, how to be