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People think that compassion is dead . But it isn’t. I still believe there is still good in this world. Compassion can come in many forms. Let’s change the perception of of how we are as humans. As I look at so many faces with beautiful hearts, you can totally see it within their
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Compassion in a Time of Indifference As I walk around my school, I see so many students who need compassion but instead they are treated with indifference. When I am in school, I see that people are ridiculed for being different because they have certain opinions, traits or beliefs. It is important to remember that
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It was an hour past my 25th birthday and I was certain I would be dead before the clock struck two. I slid my driver’s license under my sweat slick bra band with vivid visions of this attention to detail aiding Benson and Stabler in identifying my torso in a ditch. Heart slamming in my
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COMPASSION Reflecting on compassion catapults me back in time to thirty years ago, when I faced the most tragic event in my life; the death of my beloved father. My reaction to the compassionate acts offered to me at the time, over the years, and now has changed. This causes me to contemplate exactly what
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Thoughts and Prayers By Sarah K Henderson Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers Thoughts and prayers to show you care But do you try to feel Do you try to understand How someone feels when they lose a friend Or when a little girl loses her father Would you truly try to comfort her? You
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Below is a powerful piece, submitted to The Voices Project “Compassion” by Michael Chiacchia “Sometimes you don’t hear the bullet” I have been in some manner of medicine for over 30 years as of this writing. From volunteer Firefighting/EMS/Water Rescue, professional EMS, to my current role of Surgical Technologist, coming up on 20 years now
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Next up is a beautiful and powerful compassion poem by Max Fisher: A Case For Compassion Everyone’s in pain have you checked the news today? Death neglect hurt a laundry list of woes, we all share the toll The internets meant to connect, more often where disconnected because of it Compassion? In this day? Best
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I want to scream, I want to shout…but I’ll just tell you a lovely little story that happened in my eight year old’s classroom. His whole 2nd grade class presented their nuclear families. Some chose to do a poster, painting, diorama, but the last three kids chose to do a song together – The verses
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This month for our inaugural posts for The Voice Project, our theme was “Compassion.” Why compassion? Well, first, why not compassion? 🙂 Compassion is thoughtful and reflective. Compassion is unifying. Compassion is what makes life worth living. Compassion is key to humans living enriching lives! Second, let’s start with a definition. Merriam-Webster (2023) defines compassion
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Are you a writer? Know a writer? Aspire to be a writer? Want to take a stab at writing? The Voices Project seeks submissions from storytellers, actors, poets, and writers (storytellers of ALL kinds!) that focus on our first theme – “Compassion” – and why it is important now more than ever. ALL levels of
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