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TONIGHT Warriors for Life (WFL) "Compassion: Our First Instinct!"

https://www.victoryforveterans.org/blog/sunday-night-warriors-for-life-wfl-compassion-our-first-instinct

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TONIGHT's Topic: "Compassion: Our First Instinct!"

Human suffering is often accompanied by beautiful acts of compassion by others wishing to help relieve it. What propels someone to serve food at a homeless shelter, pull over on the highway in the rain to help someone with a broken down vehicle, or feed a stray cat?

What Is Compassion?

What is compassion and how is it different from empathy or altruism? The definition of compassion is often confused with that of empathy. Empathy, as defined by researchers, is the visceral or emotional experience of another person’s feelings. It is, in a sense, an automatic mirroring of another’s emotion, like tearing up at a friend’s sadness. Altruism is an action that benefits someone else. It may or may not be accompanied by empathy or compassion, for example in the case of making a donation for tax purposes. Although these terms are related to compassion, they are not identical. Compassion often does, of course, involve an empathic response and altruistic behavior. However, compassion is defined as the emotional response when perceiving suffering and involves an authentic desire to help.

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SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
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great post!!! And, is compassion our first instinct today???
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LTC Ken Connolly
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One would believe otherwise when perusing the "news" media.
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PFC Rick Schuetz
PFC Rick Schuetz
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Narcissism seems to be Omore prevalent. I don’t believe people are good simply by nature, that’s why there is Communism ; Islamism ,Nazism , socialism and all kinds of terrible regimes. If people were basically good, freedom would be free. We all know it isn’t. Liberty will always have to be defended. Just one mans opinion. God Bless you all.
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PFC Rick Schuetz
PFC Rick Schuetz
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Sorry for the typo, can’t edit after posting.
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SGT Wanda Shepherd
SGT Wanda Shepherd
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I believe not.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Should spark some interesting discussion
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