Compassion

Compassion for man…

…where has it gone, and why has gone the way of the dodo? My wife is telling me of a story of a man she heard screaming from her office window. Apparently the screaming continued for 5 minutes, after which, she looks out of the window to see a man on the ground surrounded by paramedics and police! This man was screaming (for help or otherwise) for five minutes…my wife heard from her 5th floor office window, yet people on the street level walked right past the guy and didn’t pay attention to him.

What has happened that we won’t even stop to see the issues with our fellow man? Have we as a society become so self-absorbed and jaded that we’ll walk right past a man on the street who’s in some sort of distress, and we won’t even stop to attempt to see if the person is ok?

This bothered me after my wife gave me the story, so tonight this is what I will meditate on. How can I be better towards my fellow man? Find a way to donate and give more passion and understanding to a world that desperately needs it!