Compassion

Lana Lopez   Lopez 01
Ms. Williams
English 1A
21 September, 2013


Should we have compassion ?

We live our daily lives forgetting that everyone has their own unfortunate situations and issues. Without compassion for our fellow man/woman we can not move together as a community to strive for a better place to live. It takes great compassion in each other to seek a change instead of ignoring issues that bring down a community or single person. As stated in Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle, “Compassion isn’t just about feeling the pain of others; it’s about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. ‘Be compassionate as God is compassionate,’ means the dismantling of barriers that exclude” (Boyle 75).
We tend to question if trouble adults deserve a second chance after ill-fated choices
made as young teenagers to become gang affiliated. These trouble teens seek love and
attention they do not receive at home and it is filled by the brother/sisterhood of
gang life. These young teens were ignored and did not receive the love and attention
needed to strive for a successful and healthy life style, therefore they were never given a
 first chance at a stable “normal” life. We need to have compassion for these “teens”

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who are now adults seeking a chance to make a real change for the better.  I believe we should have compassion for these men and woman because they deserve a chance at true happiness and the feeling of being loved. The only way a change will be made is if we take the first step by showing compassion and not passing judgement on our fellow man/woman and giving them a second chance.