10 Ways to Show Compassion
- Open the door for someone. …
- Motivate others. …
- Practice acts of kindness. …
- Allocate time to bond with friends and family. …
- Say encouraging words. …
- Share a hug or a handshake. …
- Incorporate the phrase “thank you” into your daily routine. …
- Offer to help someone with their to-do list.
Here are four ways to give your self-compassion skills a quick boost:
- Comfort your body. Eat something healthy. …
- Write a letter to yourself. Think of a situation that caused you to feel pain (a breakup with a lover, a job loss, a poorly received presentation). …
- Give yourself encouragement. …
- Practice mindfulness.
Giving up a seat to a pregnant woman, being polite to retail workers, helping your friend move, taking a second to listen at work — compassion takes many forms.
The definition of compassion is to have sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It is to have pity, love, mercy, and sensitivity for others. Compassion is a quality that the world needs to survive without heading in a direction of hate and war.
