Love & Relationships

Importance of Compassion

By kaytiiangel

9 months ago

Read more: love, compassion, rude, loss, Common Sense, manners, hurtful, mean

Last night I walked into the kitchen to see Kelly reading an article from her laptop to Reyna. Kelly was obviously upset and I asked her what was wrong. She showed me this:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/04/041739/i-275-driver-killed-after-hitting-guardrail-flippi/c_1/#comments
News Channel 8 photo by TODD DAVIS

The article has been edited since it was first posted.

Kelly didn't know Travis very well but some of her friends did. He had just graduated from high school and was going to the University of Florida on a baseball scholarship. He was also a talented musician and was on the drum line for his high school.

The part that upset Kelly the most were the comments that the readers were leaving. I had tears in my eyes as I read the insensitive comments. It wasn't just one or two, there were several. It was disheartening to see how people can bicker back and forth about typos and misinformation when a child has died. It disgusted me to read the assumptions people made just because the accident involved a teen driver. I was glad to see some of Travis’s friends commented about what really occurred that day. There is no way to tell if Travis would have survived if he had been wearing his seatbelt, but it is very likely.

I hope that the family members of Travis do not read those comments as they are just plain hurtful. These are grown adults who have nothing better to do with their time than dishonor the life of a child. If you are a parent, it's your job to instill a strong sense of compassion in your child. As an adult, you should know how wrong it is to make such comments when a life is taken, any life, no matter what the situation.

I have absolutely no understanding of why people feel they must be rude and hurtful especially to people they don't even know. Maybe someone can explain it to me.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. --Thomas Merton

Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment. --Arthur Jersild

Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow of the fullest human and divine energies. --Matthew Fox

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, forgiveness. --H.H. the Dalai Lama

http://www.compassion.org/

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By tinkywinky379 months ago

What a wonderful post.

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By yodersman9 months ago

This still aggravates me.

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By soccerprincess9 months ago

I don't understand why some people are mean.

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By shari9 months ago

It always amazes me how people can be, but I honestly believe Karma will find them. May Love & Understanding be with the family and friends of Travis.

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By bio mom9 months ago

Happy b-day Kaytii my Angel!!! <3333

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By bio mom9 months ago

I am sickened by all the comments made about the accident. It's pretty sad when most of the comments are about the typo's & people making jokes. This kid will never get the chance to go to college now & he had a scholarship. He was smart & talented. His family and friends are grieving. People need to show some respect. Regarding the typo's, they need to send a message to the newspaper & not use the comments below an article of a teenagers death to complain. I feel for his family & friends to have to read that stuff. Especially the one where someone wanted to know if there was a video & popcorn. I was IRATE when I read that. Would he like it if someone said that about him if he had died? God Bless Travis & I will pray for his family. RIP Travis, you are Heaven's newest Angel.

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By kaytiiangel9 months ago

Thank you, Rus. I googled "compassion" and all of those quotes, and only those quotes, were on a page together.

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By DrRus9 months ago

Well said, and a very important aspect of life to keep in mind too. I also love the Thomas Merton quote. He's one of my favorite authors. I actually took a class on Merton in Seminary.

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