2006-07-23 15:55:53 · 32 answers · asked by B-Truth 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Compassion is a sense of shared suffering, most often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce such suffering; to show special kindness to those who suffer. Thus compassion is essentially empathy, though with a more active slant in that the compassionate person will seek to actually aid those they feel compassionate for.
Compassionate acts are generally considered those which take into account the suffering of others and attempt to alleviate that suffering as if it were one's own. In this sense, the various forms of the Golden Rule are clearly based on the concept of compassion.
Compassion differs from other forms of helpful or humane behavior in that its focus is primarily on the alleviation of suffering. Acts of kindness which seek primarily to confer benefit rather than relieve existing suffering are better classified as acts of altruism, although, in this sense, compassion itself can be seen as a subset of altruism, it being defined as the type of behavior which seeks to benefit others by reducing their suffering.
2006-07-23 15:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me compassion is not only a feeling, well not always only a feeling, it usually sets in motion a series of events for me in which I try to help the person I am feeling compassion for..I was blessed with what I now call agift. At one time I considered this gift anything but. I have the ability to feel the pain and emotions of others. My mother and grandmother call it reading hearts. Along with this I am somehow give the ability to help peolpe who are going through tough times. So when I feel compassion for someone it usually ends up being aloy more than just feelin sorry for or empathy toward...
2006-07-23 16:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caring about others...feeling their pain (empathy) helping people at a moments notice...taking the time to listen to them when they need to Vent out their frustrations...compassion is also being there for the families of the person..
2006-07-23 16:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by celine8388 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me compassion is caring for someone who you've never met, and have no real reason to care for (like a homeless person) but you do because you feel it's the right thing to do.
2006-07-23 15:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compassion is the sweet "Divine Love" or love of God inside us, the sweetness of which spreads through us to others. One can also say that compassion is a virtue of the "Divine" present in all of us...Thanks.
2006-07-23 16:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by h s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compassion: To give something of yourself when you see a need concerning another.
2006-07-23 16:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compassion means to suffer. Many people use this word wrong.
2006-07-23 15:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compassion for me is being unselfishly understanding, loving and giving. Not just of my heart but my time as well if another is in need.
2006-07-23 16:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by lilbitadevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compassion makes one see the picture clearly; when emotions overtake us, the lack of seeing clearly clouds our perception of reality and hence the cause of many misunderstandings leading to quarrels.
2006-07-23 15:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who truly cares about how you are feeling.
That is compassion.
2006-07-23 15:58:56 · answer #10 · answered by cheeky chic 379 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋