Compassion and What You Do Well
I have offered to teach a class called “Making a Difference: The Art and Science of Compassion”. I have been thinking that there is an overlap between knowing your strengths, or “gifts”, and being successful with compassion. And being successful is rewarding which then promotes more effort in the direction of compassion.
The idea is fairly straight forward. Compassion is about acting in a way that reduces suffering. If you act with the tools that you know best then isn't likely that you may be more successful?
For example: I wouldn't try to do computer programming to help improve our health care system. But I would use my web skills to communicate. I think that I can look back through history and see this relationship between "doing what you do well" and "making a difference" - when compassion is part of the intent.
What do you think?
The idea is fairly straight forward. Compassion is about acting in a way that reduces suffering. If you act with the tools that you know best then isn't likely that you may be more successful?
For example: I wouldn't try to do computer programming to help improve our health care system. But I would use my web skills to communicate. I think that I can look back through history and see this relationship between "doing what you do well" and "making a difference" - when compassion is part of the intent.
What do you think?
