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Along with love, compassion is the face of altruism. It is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear others’ suffering without acting to relieve it. As compassion grows stronger, so does your willingness to commit yourself to the welfare of all beings, even if you have to do it alone. You will be unbiased in your service to all beings, no matter how they respond to you. Dalai Lama
From a stained glass panel by Louis Comfort Tiffany, depicting the Old Testament story of Hagar and Ishmael cast out into the wilderness.
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the world's most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) including Tiffany jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows, lamps, and the chapel interior he designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Museum's holdings include a major collection of American art pottery and representative collections of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century American paintings, graphics, and decorative arts.
Each year, on the first Thursday of December, the Morse Museum helps launch the holiday season in Winter Park (Florida) when it lights up Tiffany windows in Central Park and presents the Bach Festival Choir, Youth Choir, and Brass Ensemble in concert. This December is the 30th annual celebration of Christmas in the Park.
This is been quite the awful week in Davis. On Thursday last week, David Breaux, who was known as the compassion Guy in Davis and would stand on this corner offering to talk about compassion, was found murdered in Central Park across the street. He was 50. A decade ago he played a role in making this bench, the Compassion Bench, on the corner of 3rd and C. A vigil was held for him last Sunday evening, but that was affected by the fact there was another murder, another awful stabbing, the night before at another Davis park. Karim Abou Najm, a 20 year old student a month away from graduating, was killed in Sycamore Park as he was coming back from an undergrad awards ceremony. A witness who came to help the victim saw the killer get away. So the Davis community has been in a state of shock since. Then on Monday night, our phones all went off with a police alert that there had been another stabbing, this time at a homeless camp on the corner of 2nd and L, a woman named Kimberlee Guillory was attacked and hospitalized but thankfully did not die, after some of her neighbours chased the perp away. Massive police hunt, FBI, and the community pulling together, and a suspect was taken in on Wednesday, and formally arrested Thursday. He was a 21 year old who had been a UCD student until two days before the first killing (sounds like he'd been expelled). The town breathed a sigh of relief but everyone is still sad and exhausted, and mourning the loss of two good people.
On Wednesday, with the police and community still hunting for the killer, I went down to Compassion Corner downtown to see the floral tribute for David Breaux. There were news reporters there talking to people who knew him, people leaving notes, or just stopping by and thinking. I have passed by this bench so many times, but never sketched it, never stopped to talk to David myself.
The Davis Enterprise has been doing some sterling reporting on the events. You can read more here: www.davisenterprise.com/news/local/breaking-suspect-21-ar...
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
- Albert Schweitzer
The definition of compassion is the ability to understand the emotional state of another person or oneself. Often confused with empathy, compassion has the added element of having a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of another.
I have met many compassionate people in my lifetime. They are humble and good and follow their heart because they believe they CAN make a difference in the lives of others... be it people or animals.
One such person is my kindred spirit ANN (Annmaxine). Ann and some of her friends will be traveling from their homes in Australia to help orphaned children in Africa next month. They will be gone from their families for a month. Through love and faith and effort, they will try to make a difference. I know they will succeed!
So many of us have empathy for those less fortunate.... but few of us actually DO something about it. Ann and her friends do not do this to bring attention to themselves, but because it's the right thing to do. They are pure of heart. I really admire those that sacrifice their time to make this world a bit better... even if it's one person at a time. People like Ann and her friends give HOPE to humanity and I want to thank them for this.
Taken and edited on an iPhone 4
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Compassion withheld, Judgment delivered, Blame received, Hope denied, Addiction to cope, Shame as result, Justified rebellion, Scorn of the child . . . Look in his eyes, Have mercy for one, Forgiveness released, Surrendered demands, Accept the history, Cycle broken, Compassion for self, Grace envelops, Embrace the story, Renewed sense of life, Never alone, Higher provision, It has all been seen, Living allegory, Proof of my need, Focus on One.
My heartfelt compassion for all the victims, dead and living, following the mass murder of 49 innocent people by a deranged gunman in Orlando, USA who apparently claimed allegiance to Islam and Islamic State (IS). And compassion for the people of the USA who seem to have to live under gun laws that allow such people to easily obtain and use weapons of mass murder.
Sometimes when photographing wildlife you do a lot of waiting around and people will say how amazing our patience is, but while waiting for something gives me the opportunity to study behavior in nature and sometimes these observations move me to tears...this was one such case. These two Least Sandpipers landed near me in the mudflat and it soon became clear that one was not well and in some sort of distress. The healthy one stayed by it's friend's side for a very long time keeping it company until it passed away. Such an act of compassion and loyalty was certainly an eye opener and was very poignant. I do not know what the relationship was between them whether friend, parent, progeny...it was certainly clear that there was great empathy displayed by a tiny Sandpiper....
This image was made during a routine military expedition in the Chukchi Peninsula, of the former Soviet Union in 1950. At the time, people weren’t sure if the Chukchi Peninsula had more people, or more polar bears.
The climate in the region is extraordinarily harsh, and climatic winter conditions can be so savage that the temperature falls to -40º C (which is also -40º F) so that polar bears and their cubs actually starve and freeze to death.
Russian soldiers, while serving in the Army District of Chukchi Peninsula, didn’t turn their backs on the starving animals and began to feed them occasionally.
The soldiers decided to feed the bears what they had in abundance — tins of condensed milk.
They would open a can, and then give the can to the bear which licked the milk from tin, and then fed her bear cubs with it. Such tins of condensed milk were considered the winter dessert staple of every Soviet kid.
The condensed milk (Russian: sgushchennoye moloko) had an indeterminately long shelf life, there was an abundnace of it, and it was a common dessert in the arm,y too. So, it wasn't altogether surprising to see it given to feed bears, because unlike some rationed foodstuffs, the condensed milk in the USSR was available in practically unlimited amounts.
The tracked vehicle (seen in another image) is a GT-SM GAZ-34036, fully amphibious armored vehicle, which was widely used by the Soviet military.
It was an over-snow vehicle designed for a variety of roles, but primarily as a general cargo/troop carrier and light artillery/heavy mortar tractor. The GT-S was also capable of traversing shallow swamp areas.
The vehicle's layout is conventional, with a front engine compartment, a cab behind, and a cargo/troop section behind the cab. The towing capacity of the GT-S was 2 tons.
禅林寺永観堂にて
Boddhisattavas of Compassion(the right one, putting palms together and is giving a dharma talk) and Wisdom(the left one, reaching out his hand to give a warm welcome).
These are the two mainly and eternal values of Buddhism.
Sanctuary celebrated the 2015 Abely Awards on September 21st. The Abely Awards honor individuals who have made a difference in the lives of victims of domestic violence and who embody Maryellen Abely’s compassion, zeal, energy and dedication.
for the "Texture only" competition:
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man here:
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all beings are words of God
~ meister eckhart
may All beings know love
may All beings be blessed
may All beings experience kindness
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I was witness to a true act of compassion today. The old man in the photos was panhandling in the freezing cold when suddenly a girl approached him and after a brief conversation gave him a bag full of winter clothing (Jacket, scarf, etc.). The old man was speechless and so was I watching this. She wished him well and after a warm goodbye, left. It was a touching scene to see. It made my heart warmer to know people like her still exist. People who care and offer hope to all of us, in so many levels.
Mt. Pleasant St. Toronto
iPhone 4S
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Old San Juan Alcoholic and homeless that people put gifts near him on Holy Week. I do not know if they do all year long. Next morning he had some more food at his feet, and he does not see who puts it there.
Compassion.
Exposition (MAS, Antwerp, Belgium).
Round glass window with the act of mercy (Antwerp, 19th century).
Everlasting Loving Compassion's.
Elegantiarum radiorum videndo pacem laudate sublimia exempla vocationibus preces,
gracieuses coeurs habitation joie éternelle miséricordieux Saint Seigneur écoute toujours plus,
תשוקות ראש קרן חסדים אביריים אשכולות ברקים אהובים,
decreti giusti durevoli statuti misericordia amorevole comandamenti sorta verità larghe,
щедрые удовольствий замечательный свобода справедливость остается вне ангелы быть высоким,
oriau dewraf twilights dwyfol dawel helaeth,
springing chuimhneacháin ceaseless ragairne paidreacha amhráin worthiest aloft,
ακλόνητη άγιοι παρουσία μεγαλοπρέπεια την ομορφιά προς τιμήν μεγαλείο πανηγυρισμούς θεμέλια,
ハレルヤ集会同情のは、いつまでも耐える直立知恵.
Steve.D.Hammond.