Considering what is happening in the world today, it is easy to see what happens when countries are led by leaders with absolutely no compassion. Leaders who like Jews in the time of Jesus despise anyone outside of their own tight knit community. They are totally lacking in empathy. They lack the ability to put themselves in the shoes of the people they are killing, starving and making homeless even if indirectly.
To a lesser degree,
I think maybe this is a challenge that many of us face. I certainly do. How ready are we to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. To try to understand things from their point of view and then to show compassion in the way we treat them.
Considering what is happening in the world today, it is easy to see what happens when countries are led by leaders with absolutely no compassion. Leaders who like Jews in the time of Jesus despise anyone outside of their own tight knit community. They are totally lacking in empathy. They lack the ability to put themselves in the shoes of the people they are killing, starving and making homeless even if indirectly.
To a lesser degree,
I think maybe this is a challenge that many of us face. I certainly do. How ready are we to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. To try to understand things from their point of view and then to show compassion in the way we treat them.