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Compassion.
Exposition (MAS, Antwerp, Belgium).
Glass window: two apostles visit John the Baptist in prison by Abraham Van Diepenbeeck (1600-1619).
Members of the audience at the opening service of the 2018 Festival of Faiths on April 24, 2018. The Festival's theme was "Sacred Insight: Feminine Wisdom."
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (November 20, 2019) U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent, Vice Adm. Sean Buck, hosts a walking tour of the yard for First Sea Lord, United Kingdom Royal Navy, Adm. Tony Radakin and Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force, Adm. Hiroshi Yamamura. Radakin and Yamamura joined Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Mike Gilday for a trilateral maritime discussion aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) anchored outside Annapolis. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the US. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy Photo by Stacy Godfrey/Released)
Photo Title: Compassion and Hope
Submitted by: ZON HISHAM BIN ZAINAL ABIDIN
Category: Professional
Country: Malaysia
Organisation: Usaha Bukan Kata Enterprise
COVID-19 Photo: No
Photo Caption: A widow and visually impaired mother never gives up caring for her son. They belong to the Jahai tribe found in the secluded forest of Royal Belum in Malaysia.
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Photo uploaded from the #HopeInSight Photo Competition on photocomp.iapb.org held for World Sight Day 2020.
COMPASSION
Above a rectangular support, on which are arranged alignments of words summarizing the essence of what humanity is, the following sentence is written: COMPASSION FOR THE HUMAN SPECIES.
Technique: paper, cardboard. Size: 53 x 24 x 30 cm.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Oct. 15, 2021) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen interact with the Marines, equipment, aircfrat and weapon systems for the annual Marine Corps. Combat Systems Display in front of Mahan Hall and on Hospital Point. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey/Released)
"Kennin-ji is a temple of the Zen sect, one of the main branches of Japanese Buddhism. Buddhism, founded approximately 2,500 years ago in India by Shakyamuni Buddha, teaches that the inherent suffering of life can be transcended through equanimity, wisdom, and compassion. The Zen sect, dating back to sixth-century China, seeks the realization of this ideal through a strict training system stressing work and meditation. At present, there are three branches of Zen in Japan — the Rinzai, Sōtō, and Ōbaku schools. Kennin-ji belongs to the Rinzai tradition. The temple was founded in 1202 by the priest Yousai (1141-1215)."
- Kennin-ji pamphlet, www.kenninji.jp
Compassion is far more important than belief. . . It is the essence of religion. All the traditions teach that it is the practice of compassion and honoring the sacred in the other that brings us into the presence of what we call God, Nirvana, Raman, or Tao. And people are remarkably uneducated about compassion these days. So we want to bring it back to the center of attention. But then, it's got to be incarnated into practical action.
~ Karen Armstrong, Bill Moyers Journal
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein
Beech blossom promotes a sense of tolerance and compassion for others where there was judgement and and intolerance of other people and their behaviour. For being able to see the positive and good in others inspite of their shortcomings.
special order from the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba.
Each stone was handpicked from the shores of Lake Winnipeg and graced with the powerful word "compassion". The words were all hand written and a multitude of different fonts were used.
Photage 157: Today was just one of those days when I need to wrap myself in compassion and give myself a break.
**ParenTeen Challenge**
As a parent of a teen, and as a teen, there are many a day when you will need to wrap yourself in compassion and give yourself a break. I encourage you to do so whenever the need arises. And my hope for you is that your relationship with your teen and/or with your parent can be a source of strength and support. I am deeply appreciative to my own teen who gave me the biggest hug today when she saw that I felt less than 100%.
1. R&R 038 is still coming. I'm waiting for the bookstore to publish the review first, but in the meantime I've continued on with posting my reviews.
2. The yellow rose I believe stands for the turning point in this book’s heroine’s life. That is why I used it in this photo, with a soft expression to represent Margaret before the change. Oh yeah and it’s not a real rose like I wanted, but it will do.
Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South
First published in Household Words (as a series) in 1855
This edition: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1994
Cover design by Robert Mathias
Cover illustration: “My Daughter Elizabeth” by Frank Weston Benson
Margaret Hale is but eighteen years old when her life changes in every aspect. Having lived all of her life in a quaint home on the countryside of southern England, little has she yet been confronted with the changes arising in the country during this time, the mid-nineteenth century. When she and her parents move from their southern home to the northern town of Milton, Margaret is in for the cultural shock of a lifetime: Milton is bustling, its industrial growth a far cry from life on the countryside, with mills now becoming prominent in Margaret’s surroundings as opposed to the yellow roses of Helstone. The days in Milton are filled with battles between classes, unavoidable for gentle-natured Margaret, who soon finds herself in a turbulent clash of her own with Mr. Thornton, master of the mill.
Elizabeth Gaskell had a lot to tell; “North and South” is a complex novel which encompasses so many different themes.
Naturally, it is a romance story. Through bickering and frustration, Margaret and Mr. Thornton get to know one and other better, and slowly grow to understand the other. Some elements of are similar to Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”, where man and woman (Mr. Darcy and Lizzie of course) also misunderstand each other while increasing stubbornness threatens for them both to miss out on finding the best possible mate. “Pride and Prejudice”, though with serious angles at times, is a lot more gentle and witty. “North and South” is grim, sometimes downright tragic, and the romance of Margaret and Mr. Thornton faces the challenge of developing under darker circumstances, surviving because of a strong mutual passion.
Life in Milton is harsh, in the beginning too much so for the compassionate Margaret, whose heart is sometimes achingly big, but she comes of age in this novel, developing an open mind and learning to accept change when change is unstoppable, all the while never losing compassion for those she feels need it. She grows up, through loss and gain, and learns that life isn’t all yellow roses and countryside walks. Mr. Thornton in turn finds himself influenced by Margaret in going through changes of his own.
But what stands out the most about this novel is its function as a first-hand report on the rise of industrialism in England, and the problems that have started or grown as a consequence. Strikes leading to unnecessary violence... classes divided into rich or poor, where poor workers can no longer feed their children... and a struggling mill master trying to keep his own head above water in the meantime; there is no work if there is no mill.
What I have noticed is that the dialog between characters in this novel is sociologically valuable. Allowing characters to discuss the strike or poverty was an opportunity for Gaskell to show both sides of the debate of the social situation at the time and to create understanding with room for empathy. Gaskell proved herself to be remarkably intelligent. As I read, I’ve come to admire Elizabeth Gaskell, not just because I am an appreciative reader, but because I am a woman, too. She did us proud.
4.5/5
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