In the past few years we’ve seen a number of natural disasters. The latest being Hurricane Sandy and at the time of writing this post, we haven’t even seen the extent of damage that will occur. For those of us who aren’t in the eye of the storm, if we are mindful of it for a moment a naturally occurring healing element of compassion begins to emerge. Compassion is the feeling of imagining ourselves in another’s shoes with an inclination to help.
The Dalai Lama said, “It’s not enough to be compassionate, you must act.”
Here we are presented with that very opportunity not only for the healing of others, but perhaps surprisingly for ourselves too.
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