The power of compassion


I had a friend working on my laptop over the weekend. After several hours of working on it & getting it to function properly, I logged back into the laptop. I then turned around to get up from the chair & hit the cord attached to the laptop. I didn’t realize what happened until I heard the sound of the laptop hitting the floor. That’s when I discovered that the monitor was now acting strange.

I could do nothing but sit there in TOTAL disbelief!!! I was literally at a loss for words and all I could utter was, “O.M.G.!! I am SO sorry”! YES!... It was an accident, but I felt terrible because he spent SO much time working to fix it. As terrible as I felt at that moment, I know that he had to be feeling, ‘some kinda way’ himself because of the time he spent working on it. However, I must speak to the compassion that I felt was shown to me, by him. 

I know it’s not always easy to show compassion to others in situations like that. I know that frustration is probably what he really felt, amongst other things, but he didn’t show it and I was extremely appreciative of that. He chose to show kindness & compassion instead of condemnation. I wondered how I would have felt in his place. All kinds of thoughts danced around in my head, but I had to silence the noise and not entertain those thoughts. I had to remember that when we choose to show people compassion, we can help to alleviate the pain and suffering of others. That's the power of compassion and I truly felt that from him at that moment. 

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