I find compassion an interesting terrain. Many spiritual way showers talk about it as the ultimate expression, almost in a shaming way sometimes.
Compassion is a beautiful heart expressed and felt energy. It is the energy of the Divine Mother.
It can heal in seconds and the world could use a whole lot more of it for sure.
AND:
What we don’t talk about is that compassion is not always able to be received by the other. If someone has not dived into their trauma and deeper parts, compassion may not be received. It may be rejected and actually thrown back to the other with anger, just because it stirs too much up for some and they are not used to feeling. Sometimes Compassion like love, may be better at a distance, just held in a heart space.
Furthermore, with the talk of compassion needs to come the talk of self-responsibility. We can hold compassion in our hearts for people, but it does not excuse continuous poor behavior. I emphasize the continuous because we all act out at times. But when trauma has been buried so deep that it starts to come out sideways in different problematic behavioral and mental patterns, compassion does not take the place of self-responsibility. Compassion is not an allowance of poor behavior. We do not jeopardize our boundaries in the name of compassion.
We can have compassion and still say NO that is NOT ok.