Compassion was a common theme in The Awareness by Gene Stone and Jon Doyle . To show compassion requires a desire to be sympathetic, show pity, love, and general concern for others. While in The Awareness each animal had varying ranges of emotions, such as anger, vengeance, and pity. Compassion was a common thread in each of the chapters. Compassion is a choice made, it simply requires an awareness of feelings and a decision to live with love, respect, and consideration.…
Empathy assists students to develop a sense of solidarity with others through imagining the perspectives and experiences of others…
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main character Scout learns many forms of compassion. But what is compassion? Compassion is the feeling or having feelings for what others are going through. It can either be happy, or sad feelings. It is just trying to connect with what they are feeling. Scout learns about compassion through a couple of things. She learns it through Boo Radley and his situation, through Tom Robinson, and through Dill with his family problems. Compassion is an important thing in life and humanity as the Dalai Lama said.…
Compassion is something we all must give and receive because compassion is the one thing that makes us human. It is when somebody shows someone else that they care about them, and to stop ones suffering. In other words: love. It is not possible to have love without compassion. The two work together like clockwork. Compassion is necessary to the human experience because if someone is not shown compassion (thus not experiencing it) they will suffer.…
I know that empathy means to try to see it through their eyes and feel what they feel.…
Mortality: “a hero’s death out there in full sunlight under the gaze of gods and men, for which the hardened self, the hardened body, had to be daily exercised and prepared”…
situations that come in contact with her . A situation that she was faced with, was…
Empathy, to me, means that everyone should have the same opportunity as everyone else. That everyone should be given the same chance. It should be up to you to how you use that opportunity. In Harrison Bergeron it's believed that equality means that everyone should be the same in every way and that this is a good thing. I disagree with this completely.…
Throughout the speech, she seemed very engrossed on her ethical plea. She established a connection with the audience, thereby building trust. She ensured her audience saw her as one of them, one who had been oppressed, and one who had experienced struggles. Essentially, people tend to pay more attention to an individual who has been through an issue rather than one who was not.…
We are all cripples; or we all cripple ourselves in one way or another. It may not be as obvious as those who are in a wheelchair or those who live with any host of diseases that deform the body, but nevertheless we all have issues. Some may battle serious diseases such as depression or anorexia, while others battle more obscure diseases like narcissism, kleptomania, or social ineptitude. More than those who would admit it have addictions to sex, drugs, or alcohol. As we battle our own issues, our attention tends to turn inward and we don’t realize that others suffer as well. Empathy allows us to understand that every single one of us struggles in some way. Compassion allows us to realize that nobody can get through life alone. If we allow empathy and compassion to guide our actions then we can free each other from our individual struggles.…
Maintaining a capacity for empathy in contrast to pitying the pain of others creates a mirroring effect of compassion with potential to reach countless individuals beyond oneself. A disconnect lies within the use of sympathy to connect to others who are struggling and can often create a patronizing infliction that belittles the individual’s pain. Every individual fights a complex battle throughout their life, and the weapons to win one’s war can often be found in the advice from those who are willing to take the step to relate to another’s level. In the past three months, persisting through a challenge has allowed me to obtain an ability to give back to others that are dealing with similar feelings of discontent by sharing methods I used to bring myself out of confusion in my studies. By empathizing to the hardships…
quality of care. "The actions of sympathy include the inclination to think or feel like another, but…
Knowing what I know now about the dying process has reinforced my beliefs and my personal philosophy about treating each person with care, dignity, and respect; focusing on treating others how I would wish to be treated one day. My nursing philosophy addresses persons, environment, health, and nursing. I see persons as inimitable beings, full of lifetime experiences, that deserve to be treated with dignity, care, and respect. Environment are the different social and physical settings where individuals exist and interact with each other. Health is person’s subjective observation of his or her well-being and the scope to which each human being can function in his or her role. Nursing is a caring relationship based on trust and respect that assists and supports individuals to maintain and recover health, to reduce the effects of disease, or to live the best possible life if they are terminally…
According to the dictionary, empathy is defined as “the understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives”. I find it difficult to understand that a person could lack such consideration and compassion for another living creature, but, clearly, I have seen otherwise. On many occasions, I have witnessed disconcerting behavior both aimed at myself, or other individuals and have questioned the our society's complacent moral standards. For as long as I can remember, my ability to treat others with kindness has been second nature, and a vital part in my moral practices and beliefs. Faced with many challenges during my childhood, my empathetic disposition was not only enhanced, but, undoubtedly, the strongest building block in my ethical…
for they didn’t feel any sort of compassion. When those we cared for hurt us or we hurt…