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Compassion

Patrick Regan OBE

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Matthew 9:36-38

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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  1. The awareness of the suffering of another
  2. Connecting to the other person in a way that makes us feel that the one suffering is worthy of our attention
  3. Sharing the feeling of the suffering of the other, feeling empathetic resonance
  4. Taking action to relieve or lessen the suffering, as well as take action to remove the causes of suffering where possible.

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COMPASSION is

Awareness – Connection – Empathy – Action

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“Before the crowd, he draws attention to the whole person :not just someone who had been ill for a long time and was desperate and in pain, but a person of great faith, someone through whom others could see God – if they bothered to stop and look”

-Cook, Hamley and Swinton

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Window of Tolerance

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“The more we share our stories and are received with compassion, the more our brains are shaped to anticipate love instead of rejection. When we allow others to bear witness to our own weakness, we learn to relate to ourselves with kindness and hope. When someone listens and validates us as we tell our story they ignite a new way of considering our story – as valuable, worth hearing, worth telling, worth living.”

-K.J. Ramsey

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“Inspiring hope in a cynical world might be the most radical thing you can possibly do” – Jacqueline Novogratz

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