"moved with compassion..."

"and he was
moved with compassion
towards them..."
- Matthew

compassion
is not a choice

it is not a honed skill or
an educational
outcome

it is not something
known by few, and practiced
by fewer

it is not a gift,
a special calling or
unique to any one person,
sect, faith, or
theology,
age,
race,
society...

compassion is
as universally inherent,
as impartially natural, as
a flower's turning towards the
light,
the roots of a tree seeking
water...

it is the gravitational
pull of
the heart

it is as native to
man
as an infant searching
for the face of
Love...

it comes unbidden
and it
moves us...

it is
useless to
resist its imperative,
its impulsion...

let go,
and watch yourself
be
moved,
danced,
oh so gracefully,
joyfully,
effortlessly
towards one another
with compassion....

and you will
know
what it
feels like to be
alive to
your
purpose...
a universal
purpose...

compassion