the cost of compassion

we have to give up being right
we have to allow ourselves to be gentle {*this does not mean weak}
we have to let things fall away
we have to leave things as they are {not as we wish them to be}
we have trade in our instinct to fight in exchange for the ability to be at peace.

compassion is costly, but not nearly as much as the alternative.






copyright 2009 Alisa Barry