how have you shown compassion?

[KMIMSM]

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compassion, or in my opinion, a kind gesture, a sympathetic action.
There are so many ways to show compassion. How do people normally answer this question?

 

[Passion4Sci]

By not tossing the fragmentation grenade into the room of women and children and instead using a flashbang.

To think I nearly got an Article 15 (The Army version of a misdemeanor, basically) for that...

 

[rxlea]

By not running over the ignorant skateboarder that almost ran into my car as he crossed the street when he wasn't supposed to while going down the wrong side of the road.

 

[phathead]

By not whacking half the customers over the head with a 2x4 when they walk into the store.

I'd share my stories, but I'd prefer they weren't copied by other people 😉

 

[Passion4Sci]

By not whacking half the customers over the head with a 2x4 when they walk into the store.

I'd share my stories, but I'd prefer they weren't copied by other people 😉

Dare him to try to copy mine!

And the look on the student interviewer's face when I said that was priceless.

If nothing else, my military time has given me endless conversation pieces.

 

[lllix]

compassion, or in my opinion, a kind gesture, a sympathetic action.
There are so many ways to show compassion. How do people normally answer this question?

I have actually been thinking about this question, too. I'm interested to see what everyone says.

 

[phathead]

I have actually been thinking about this question, too. I'm interested to see what everyone says.

I'll share this one since I didn't use it for anything - http://www.iwanttobeapharmacist.com/2009/08/this-is-how-you-fix-prescription.html

 

[KMIMSM]

walking an elderly lady across the street is compassion.
picking up someones walet after they dropped it in parking lot is compassion.

but are these so minor that the intervieweres are not looking for?
do they prefer you to dig deep and go back to the days of youth til now and tell them the best thing you can think of?

 

[kmoogs]

walking an elderly lady across the street is compassion.
picking up someones walet after they dropped it in parking lot is compassion.

but are these so minor that the intervieweres are not looking for?
do they prefer you to dig deep and go back to the days of youth til now and tell them the best thing you can think of?

😕

It's different for everyone. Each person has their own way of showing compassion. Different cultures show compassion in vastly different ways ... it's really up to you to decide how you want to express and share your compassion....

 

[rxlea]

I try to show compassion everyday, as much as possible. Sometimes, I struggle with it- it is hard to have compassion for the more "difficult" individuals or individuals who don't like me. But, it is part of my belief system, so I try to be as compassionate as possible. It doesn't necessarily have to be some sort of gesture...it can be something as simple as the way you talk to someone/interact with someone- especially when they are very different from you.

 

[KMIMSM]

I'll share this one since I didn't use it for anything - http://www.iwanttobeapharmacist.com/2009/08/this-is-how-you-fix-prescription.html

hey thats a great story. now thats an extreme version of compassion.

 

[Sparda29]

By not tossing the fragmentation grenade into the room of women and children and instead using a flashbang.

To think I nearly got an Article 15 (The Army version of a misdemeanor, basically) for that...

😱

 

[NaOH]

I don't think I have.

 

[Pharm2love]

I become friend with a mentally-ill customer at CVS - she calls me her friend. She comes by to visit me once in a while - most others dislike her though cuz she demands and gets anxious, and frustrated quite often. I thought I am a tough guy, but I actually was moved to tear after talking to her the 1st time and felt her anxiety - too much suffering.

 

[medicalCPA]

I show my compassion with my money. In 2007, I read a Yahoo! news story about how people would walk hours from Burma to receive treatment at a border clinic in Thailand. The Mae Tao Clinic -- as this clinic is known -- is usually the only option these Burmese have for healthcare. I was moved by that, and since I could not go to Thailand to volunteer, I sent them a check the following month. I still support them today.

Same with how I heard of Heifer International's gifts of livestock to struggling families in order to provide those families with income, and how the recipients are required to pass along the offspring of those animals to other struggling families so that a single gift of an animal ends up supporting more than one family. I began supporting Heifer in 2006, and if any of you watch "Oprah" (I don't), Heifer was featured last year when she did a special about a remarkable woman named Tererai Trent, who was previously illiterate, married off in her early teens, and herded cattle. She is getting -- or has probably got -- her PhD from Western Michigan University, and Heifer was a big part in making that happen. I still support them today.

That's how I've shown compassion.

 

[CarCrazy007]

I adopted a kid from Vietnam. Well, more like momentary support every month.
I work to address health disparties in the API community.
I work with the hepatitis B tastkforce to establish a permanent hepatitis B resouce program in the city.
I try to find resources (free health clinic) for clients if they ask for help (it is not in my job description).
I tutor chemistry to a high school student.