Compassion and Peace of mind are real

Peace and tranquility are not rewards for good behavior, they are not granted to those who are kind, compassionate and kind in recognition of their virtues so yes, one can absolutely have peace and tranquility all by oneself, without giving a single thought to anyone else. Those who are peaceful and tranquil often appear to be compassionate because they have no particular reason to hurt anyone, to push against anyone, to override the concerns of others with concerns of their own. Those who are peaceful and tranquil have the mental space to listen to the troubles of others, to pay attention, to help, therefore they wold often be considered compassionate.

On some occasions, however, people expect compassion to take a form of shared upset. Those who are very agitated, very upset about something, except others who care about them to be as upset as they are about what they are upset about. In those cases, those who are peaceful and tranquil would likely appear as cold, remote, indifferent. Compassion, like many other virtues and vices, is in the eye of the beholder. People consider compassionate those who give them what they want - the sort of attention that they want, the sort of help that they want. The same person can be seen as perfectly compassionate one day, and completely selfish the next, in the eyes of those who’s needs and expectations were not met.

It appears as clear enough to me that empathy and compassion is what will compel a human being to care enough to be compelled to want to take the pain and fear away from those they care for and love, and it will include the same for total strangers that they may find in need of help. What becomes understandable is that as long as someone is able to take what they need with relative ease to make their own way in the world, they are bound to consider them self fortunate and need very little to experience gratitude for not much more other than being fortunate enough to be part of it all as an intelligent human being.

And so it appears that empathy and compassion are the key to happiness and contentment, and gratitude will be what is bound to be experience when we manage to achieve peace and tranquility. However, for any of this to become possible, a human being must first make the choice of confronting their fears, and that specifically, the fear of not getting enough of what we need and want. Until such time, we will go in one of two direction.

1- Our fear of not getting enough of what we need and want will fuel blind ambition, and our life is bound to be forever consume because what we manage to accomplish or accumulate will serve to deny our self that we are afraid of not getting enough, and nothing is ever going to be enough. nothing is ever enough, We remain trap indefinitely in a self-absorbed state, and it will fuel both our frustration and anger, and that will have the direct effect of fueling greed, and naturally also neutralize our ability to experience empathy and compassion.

2- fear of failing, can be enough to prevent us from taking risk and step forth and explore the world for what is possible that we might be able to accomplish, and it becomes understandable that life is likely to pass us by. Also the fear that we might not be worthy or deserving of love will be triggered in intensity if we encounter someone we are especially drawn to for the love we need, and we our fear will compel us to ignore them, and even push them away, and it becomes understandable that fear by itself, if we don’t choose to confront it, life is bound to pass us by and we are unlikely to find the love we really need.

This will also fuel our frustration and anger and neutralize our ability for empathy and compassion, and also trap us in a state of being self-absorbed. It also appears to be true to me is if we refuse to confront our fears, regardless that we will not really be aware of that being true, still it is that we will have condemn our self to remain weak, and we are then bound to blame other people for our own mistakes and failures. It appears to me that everything becomes possible if we first make the choice of confronting our fears, and it is that which can lead us to rise above our own weaknesses, and transform our self into being an asset to this world. Cheers!