A Day of Compassion in our Life

The compassion in my life as I can narrate is the sympathy and empathy towards others. By what they are feeling, what they need and how to cater to other people emotional and psychological issues with keen concern which is natural and unbiased towards anyone.

Starting my day with complete compassion so that I can feel like what’s that the others are facing and what and how can I be helpful to them so that they also feel better at the end of day. This day of compassion was fulfilled by prompt and little actions towards others where I was engaged through not even through words but also with my actions whenever a situation arises, through the self-perseverance and gratitude towards others.

Compassion in my opinion is such a quality that it must transcends all other physical, emotional, psychological attributes that we may or have been affected with and effecting on others. This is an aspect of our life where when we adopt it, we even shift our thought process leading to change in our behavior and actions and see the environment around us whether in semiotic sense that actually we are conveying to others and they must feel a more positive attribution from our side. In fact, it’s the reason that we can become better from ourselves and contribute positive to the people who are around us make a better community for us to live in.

On my day specifically attributed to the Compassion only for full day set of activities, actions and even subtle signs that I performed even when unconsciously through empathy and with consolidation towards those who needed the solicitude most from the people around them. So first, this day starts with my own self-reflection and self-realization that what positive attributes I already do have, what I already share towards others and what cons that I might be persuading towards others whether unconsciously and what points do I need to focus on for the betterment.

So it started by following the daily routine after doing breakfast; I had to rush towards the bus station quickly in order to get to the university. While on the bus at its peak time of the day for travelers, so rarely there is any seat available for sitting but I was polite to fellow passengers and make way for them so they could be comfortable while sitting and standing and leaving the bus. As arrived in the university I greeted all the students, staff who faced me and went to library for preparation of group presentation and after that the lab works and two lectures to be taken. At the lunch time when the university routine work was almost finished, I headed towards to a local café to buy myself some lunch. There while standing in line to pay for the food that I selected an elderly couple who were behind me, I let them pay first so they could buy it and then head straight towards the railway station as they would be catching today evening train to visit their relatives.

After lunch I headed towards home but going straight away I thought it rather a better idea to head towards the local orphanage house and on its course I also bought some sweets and reached there with amusement. Then spent a couple of hours with the children, where had time to enjoy some beautiful moments with the little angels as they also go on with their lives as it is. The time spent their made it feel privileged as the children’s were also happy to see somebody who was playing with them and also bought sweets for them to enjoy. After that I went to buy coffee and provided an extra tip that which was suitable and also to the super market for my weekly grocery shopping. There same were the long queue of customers who were eager to pay for their shopping carts and I gave way to a customer who had their young child along with them as they were really in rush and so they were really grateful. I think these small act of kindness are the real things that will make my day absolutely showing compassion towards others and also making the day of the others upon whom these kind acts are shown. As it is obvious the acts of compassion are performed by our side and then felt by the other person side. A two-way communication where these both sides are benefitted spiritually.

These small acts of compassion are what makes our days in life beautiful, energetic and full of hope, bringing in us the positive energies. Near evening time, heading back towards the home, on way, saw a homeless man by the side of the road. So, immediately went to the cafe shop and bought some coffee and food for him. He was so thankful and praised me a lot. Seeing this act of kindness, a passerby from the neighborhood went to the clothing shop nearby and brought a warm shawl right at that moment and gave it to the homeless man with a smile and went on their way. His act there made me realize that these acts of compassion truly are a chain reaction. By helping the needy we are making example for the people surrounding us to be helpful to each other and care for the destitute, under-privileged people in our society. It further made me realized that we may not stop doing these small act of kindness towards each other. After all this is what makes our society an even better place for each of us to enjoy this life.

After this full day of compassion in my life towards others, then I finally headed towards home. And then checked my cell phone for the call logs and the text messages. There certainly were some missed calls and unattended text messages from the friends and relatives. Therefore, before pending them for even further time, I dialed the numbers of my friends and relatives and respond to their queries, usually which I left on the pending notice according to the priorities. This was an evening full of joy and laughter’s which was usually a dull time during the routine matters. It also reprimanded me that the true friends and the family is what brings joy to our life and make it a fulfilling experience for us. The one who cares for us we may not neglect them during the tough times and also take care of them through our words, actions and our act of kindness towards them. This is not a single phase process but an ongoing endeavor for us in our life’s to keep this sense of compassion with us in our entire life. It’s those little precious moments that we share with our friends, family and relatives that we may call the acts of compassion. Whether they be face to face or through a distance with online connections. As in this ever fast and technological advancing societies the social ties where resolving each other issues that we can is an ever more need of the time.

It is pertinent to mention here that this day of compassion could be a starting point for me to carry it forward with me and integrate into my daily life. As I was spending the normal life before this day of compassion, but now this day of compassion eventually changed my entire thought process as within this due course of time I could see everybody and everything around me through a different lens. Where the world surrounding us and the people within our society we know are in destitute and where our good deeds needs to be spread but with the advent of this day which I choose purposely and inculcated it voluntarily in my life for one day taught me a good length of things which needs to be vigorously pursued in my life from now onwards. As it was evident that everybody had their own sort of issues and problems in their routine matters. But it’s the people with compassion and having empathy in their hearts towards others who tells us what the life is worth living for. Actually it’s their routine business to be profound towards others and be ready anytime to solve their issues. It’s not a must to join any particular cause that which will enable us to adopt the sympathetic and empathetic passion in us but the little routine life that we are facing daily also requires our attention in this due process. Its upon us that how we make a difference in our lives and make a difference for other lives through good deeds, positive acts of kindness and good energy for those who are feeling down. It not just depends on helping others monetarily but through physical help, emotional and psychological support also helps us to relive the problems of the others. The key to all this is to adopt this compassion in our lives and its solely depend on ourselves about how we adopt it and eventually it will make us to present us to others as a good example by being a role models to others for adopting the same compassionate lifestyle.

Now coming to the point that how did the others react to my compassion towards them. Well, it’s a mixed reaction and feelings that I got during this day of compassion. Honestly, it’s also depend on the situation of the others that how they are feeling emotionally and psychologically at that given time. So, it is like that some people regard for what I did for them and show their honest gratitude towards me by being thankful and praising me for the deeds that I done for them. This put up a desire in me to keep on carrying the good work of being compassionate towards others and also put a feeling in me that those individuals also somehow will be inclined to adopt the force of compassion within them to an extent that they are willing to do. Similarly, there were also some instances in which the individuals towards whom I did compassionate act ether did not notice them or even ignored that what was being done absolutely for them. It sometimes also was a deliberate act of negligence on part of some who don’t even bother what act of compassion were done for them and walk away casually. But it was not a reason for me to stop acting compassionately. Their carelessness was an attitude or some other reasons that they ignored or forget to acknowledge what good deeds were granted upon them during time of stress. But it also makes me encouraged person that there are those also who are in situation of quite distress and needs some other person to act compassionately for them and to bring them out from the difficult situation. So, actually it’s this feeling that make me realize to keep following this path vigorously and passionately for what I had been doing compassionately is making a difference for quite a few people.

Finally, it is right to say that, the compassion is feeling that could be adopted consciously by us when interacting with others specially when the others are feeling down, or in distress due to psychological, or mentally stressed out, similarly in dire need of physical help or needed emotional support from some body. Our subtle act of kindness towards others during the hard situations is what makes the compassionate feeling alive in us. It also makes us aware of the environment around us that there are many a people who are thriving difficultly in the hard situations around us in our own societies. So if the more people starts living their life compassionately towards others, by helping out the needy, it would be a quite better world for all of us.