Compassion is a fire that burns inside your heart

It burn you from inside… but it becomes a source of warmth and light for everyone around you.

That’s why it takes a person of immense strength to keep that compassion burning throughout life.

But it is worth it. Isn’t it? ….. even if it’s for a few moments.

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Casheyane · F

I didn't think compassion is easy to lose. But years of living on this earth and alas it changes one's way of thought.
So it is brave and honestly enduring, to be able to hold on to the same compassion as one had in childhood.
It gets lost along the way.
Sometimes, one gets a new version of it. Sometimes, one adds wisdom.
Sometimes, one lets it be forever lost even if it creeps sometimes.
To just feel compassion and to also act on it. Two different things.
But these are just ideas. They could be wrong. Where does compassion come from anyway? Is it something you're born with or something external that takes roots within?

Renkon · 36-40, M

@Casheyane You are correct. It's difficult not to let your compassion erode in the flow of life. It requires enormous guts and fortitude keep it alive in your heart. As though your heart is made of diamonds.