This document discusses compassion and how to cultivate it in one's life. It defines compassion as the desire to ease suffering combined with sympathy. Developing compassion provides physical, emotional and spiritual benefits such as happiness. The document recommends 7 steps to cultivate compassion, including daily meditation rituals, practicing empathy, recognizing commonalities with others, and acting with kindness. It provides examples of how children and communities can demonstrate compassion through service activities.

1. LIVING WITH
COMPASSION:
Doing Your Best
And Caring For
Others
Speaker: Mr. King Art Ramos

2. WHAT IS COMPASSION?
• Compassion is the desire to ease
others’ suffering
• Compassion is a sympathetic
awareness of another distress
combined with a desire to alleviate
it. Kindness and caring are shown.
• Service and generosity are ways
to compassion can be
demonstrated.

3. WHY DEVELOP COMPASSION IN
YOUR LIFE?
• Physical Benefits.
• Emotional Benefits.
• Spiritual Benefits.
• The main benefit is that it helps
you to be more happy.
• Compassion is one of the main
tools for achieving that
happiness.

5. HOW DO WE CULTIVATE
COMPASSION IN OUR LIFE?
7 different practices that we
can try out and perhaps
incorporate inti our
everyday life.
- Dalai Lama

6. STEP 1: Develop Morning
Ritual (Meditation)
EXAMPLE
“Today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am
alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to
waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop
myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve
enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to
have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to
get angry or think badly about others, and I am going to
benefit others as much as I can.”

7. STEP 2: Practice Empathy
Many times we are centered on ourselves
and we let our sense of empathy get rusty

8. STEP 3: Practice
Commonalities
Instead of recognizing the differences
between yourself and others, try to
recognize what you have in common.

9. STEP 4: Practice relief of
Suffering
Once you can empathize with another
person, and understand his humanity
and suffering, the next step is to want
that person to be free from suffering.

10. STEP 5: Practice the act of
kindness
Kindness may improve resiliency by promoting
feelings of happiness and peace and supporting
immunity. Cultivating happiness and peace is a
key to resiliency because it bolsters one’s ability
to stay grounded during difficult times. It also
keeps the body healthy and helps ward off
disease. Additionally, by improving interpersonal
relationships, kindness can help build support
systems so crucial during crises.

11. STEP 6: Move beyond to
practice compassion for those
who mistreat us.
Not only do we want to ease the
suffering of those we love and meet,
but even those who mistreat us.

12. STEP 7: Developing an
evening routine (Meditation
- Pray)
It is highly recommended that you take a few
minutes before you go to bed to reflect upon your
day. Think about the people you met and talked to,
and how you treated each other. Think about your
goal that you stated this morning, to act with
compassion towards others. How well did you do?
What could you do better? What did you learn from
your experiences today?

13. KIND COMPASSIONATE CHILDREN:
• Recognize and express appreciation for others' talents and skills.
• Put others' needs before their own.
• Help others because they want to.
• Listen and provide sympathy.
• Show kindness without expecting rewards.
• Tell and show others they care.
• Share.
• Recognize and help those less fortunate than themselves.
• Try to make the world a better place.

14. COMMUNITY SERVICE IDEAS
• Offer to help an elderly neighbor with their chores.
• Take a meal to someone who is ill.
• Write a letter or send a card of compassion to a victim of some
recent tragedy.
• Create a school bulletin board where students and teachers can
recognize people who have demonstrated great compassion.
• Choose a historical figure who represents compassion. Write and
perform a short play about the person.

15. TIPS ON BECOMING MORE COMPASSIONATE
AND CARING
• Be a good listener
• Look people directly in the eye when they speak
• Look for kids at school who are being left out and invite them to
join in activities
• Stick up for someone being teased
• Each week, do one nice thing for a friend or family member

16. PUT COMPASSION INTO ACTION
• Be friendly to someone who needs a friend.
• Do helpful things at home without being asked.
• Be generous with your time and your belongings.
• Create and participate in a litter control program.
• Plan and participate in food and clothing drives.
• Look for ways to help in any situation without being asked.
• Put someone else's need before your own.
• Look for ways to help in your community.
• Try to understand why a family member or friend is sad.
• Forgive someone who has hurt you.
• Talk with your family about the problems of the homeless and find a way
to help.

17. YOU SHOW COMPASSION WHEN
YOU…
Complete this statement