We hear a lot of talk about who is "compassionate" and who is not. Compassion is a personal thing. You cannot compel anyone else to be compassionate. "Compassion" also comes in different guises and the one which leads the pack is fake compassion. Unless you, like Mother Teresa, are personally engaged and endure some personal sacrifice, it is not compassion, it is sanitized compassion. Don't get your hands dirty, just advocate for programs someone else will pay for.
Would you open your house, no questions asked, to a homeless person or family? Even if you would, would you allow them to invite their extended family to join them? . If you could not pay for your children's college education, would you be willing to pay it for a stranger? These questions are personal, you have to participate, When you join those who clamor for "compassion" but do not have it on a personal level themselves, it is, again, sanitized compassion.
Until we are able to take care of our own, which is the purpose of a society, compassion does not require us to act compassionately for the benefit others, BUT, if you want to, nothing is stopping you.
Would you open your house, no questions asked, to a homeless person or family? Even if you would, would you allow them to invite their extended family to join them? . If you could not pay for your children's college education, would you be willing to pay it for a stranger? These questions are personal, you have to participate, When you join those who clamor for "compassion" but do not have it on a personal level themselves, it is, again, sanitized compassion.
Until we are able to take care of our own, which is the purpose of a society, compassion does not require us to act compassionately for the benefit others, BUT, if you want to, nothing is stopping you.
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