Compassion: Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it
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Some people feel that these two words are equal. That they mean the same thing. In fact, the difference between the two boils down to one thing. Where is your focus?
If i have pity on someone I am doing it so that I can feel better about myself. Just look at Jerry Springer. I have seen three shows in my entire lifetime, and all of the stories had people in it that I could easily pity. I was better off than them. I was a better person than them. If I felt a need to help them, it came from a place of superiority. I will feel like a better person if I help this person who is so much more worse off than I.
Lately, I have come to understand compassion. My focus when I am compassionate is on the other person. My ego does not play any role at all in having compassion. I see a person who deserves the same love, understanding, and peace of mind that I deserve, that all people deserve. Compassion brings the people with whom you have compassion closer to you, and you to them.
A person with very little love for themselves or others can feel pity.
A person who loves, who desires the absolute best for others feels compassion.
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