Is it a good thing for all of us to have compassion?

Question: Is it a good thing for all of us to have compassion!?

!.!.!.have you ever thought that someday we may need it ourselves!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It's too hard to answer your question, because in English, 'compassion' is compassion! But in my language, Bangla, there are two meanings of the same word----where one is all right with the others answerers; but the second meaning is not at all expected all the time!.
Let me explain the whole with an example:
Say, you're the employer & need a graduate person with a little experience on your project & should have to be quite fit for outdoor jobs!. Two guys are in front of you, both graduated! One of them is too experienced & the other one has no experience & he lost one of his legs by accident!. Whom you would decide to be your employee!? If you were loyal to your firm, of course you were supposed to accept the first one!. But if you accept the second one, that would be your 'compassion', right!? But not to me! This 'over-doing' would be an insult to me, if I were the second guy! I needed the job to work for you, not your so-called compassion!. Have I made you understand my point of view!? it's good to be a compassionate person, but it's not fair to over-compassionate!. I loved the short answer by "naughty", where he/she mentioned our 'EGO'! Thanks to "naughty" for being not naughty as an answerer :-)Www@QuestionHome@Com

All need compassion, caring and loving kindness given without the cost being counted in true generosity as we should all give the same!.

Such bears such great rewards!.

As we show compassion to the earth, the earth shows compassion to us in return!.

When we show compassion to all else that exist, in return we realize that we are a part of all and our compassion has been as much for ourselves as for all else!.

This generosity is the first teaching of the way of the Bodhisattva and, this one would opine, such is the only way to truly live!.

Be well, be kind and be generous!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, yes, it's a good thing for sure!. Can't imagine if we didn't!. It means we care about each other and as we go through our lives, we run into things we never thought we would!.!.!.!.then we see how it affects others and we now "know" what they feel like!.!.!.!.!.we learn compassion in so many ways!. Say we are lonely, we learn what's it like and thus pass along that knowledge to another lonely person!.!.!.!.we know what it feels like and that helps to connect us!.!.!.!.!.we are all connected in some way!. I think the more stuff we have to go through in our lives, the more compassionate we become!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

oh yes very!. the day will come when the people we showed even the littlest bit of kindness to will in turn do something for someone else which will eventually in turn come back to us in a circle!. compassion is incredibly important, even if we cant see it yet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

jane, you made a truly brilliant point!. it is a good thing
to have compassion and yes, you are right again, someday
we may need it ourselves!.
funny thing about people who have no compassion!.
those without compassion wonder why they get none in
their time of need!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Compassion is fundamental to one's self as well as interacting with our fellow human beings!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is a good thing but we have to get rid of the ego before we dream of compassion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com