CHAPTER 9
COMPASSION IS JUSTFOR BLEEDING HEARTS
“DO I HAVE to be an emotional bleeding heart to practice compassion?”
“How can I help even if I’m not a touchy-feely person?”
“Will I have to change who I am to be more compassionate?”
Can you relate to any of these questions? If so, this chapter is for you.
Here’s the reality and what this chapter is all about: Empathy isn’t the only motivator for compassion. Different people have their own reasons for acting compassionately, and they do it in different ways.
One of the most common definitions of compassion can be summarized like this: compassion is empathy in action.
Compassion is not the same ...
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