Hunkered Down

Mourning Dove thru the glass door

Listen with ears of tolerance! 

See through the eyes of compassion! 

Speak with the language of love

 ― Rumi

Compassion

Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. 

Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears.

 Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. 

Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

~ Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Greatest Treasures

Simplicity, patience, compassion. 

These three are your greatest treasures. 

Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

~ Lao Tzu

Cardinal Connections

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

― Rachel Naomi Remen

I definitely feel a connection with the birds and the beasts of this world - and a VERY SPECIAL connection with the cardinals in my backyard.

More of My Cardinal Images - HERE