That extra modicum of compassion! A heart
without compassion does not beat in a healthy way. Many of us feel we have
"enough" compassion but what that "enough" actually is, no
one can quantify. Neither is it easy to spell out when and where that
compassion becomes unnecessary, when it gets taken for granted and doesn't
serve a purpose, sounds callous but it is not. People tend to take advantage of
this pure feeling as well.
On the other hand, if the hands of
compassion were absent, we would be deprived of the experience of inter
connectivity, which would be a huge loss to humanity. We would be robots
without the beautiful feelings that we are endowed with.
But ultimately, we do judge compassion on
our own capacity for giving it as well as observing the capacity of others,
hopefully learning from the latter.
We always profess to rule that doctors and
nurses must have a great amount of compassion but do they all have it? In fact,
all humans were meant to have it. Do they? Mercy, empathy, kindness are all off
shoots of compassion. And love is the core. Do we have enough? And if we do,
how much is "enough”?
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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