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How do we cultivate compassion in the face of cruelty?
THE WAY OF COMPASSION
Those who are cruel
are also cruelty’s victims
we choose to set aside
our heartbreak and outrage
to reclaim our centered peace
we choose to understand
looking past the face of viciousness
to see the face of pain and fear beneathcompassion has power
to stop the wheels of iniquity
to soften hardened hearts
even when kindness is undeserved
compassion transforms
in ways cruelty never could
we choose kindness
so even in small and quiet ways
we tend to healing and love