Compassion
Description
Compassion is the courageous willingness to feel with another and respond with care. It transforms pain into connection and motivates helpful action.
Ted's Take
Hands meeting in the middle; harmony parts finding each other.
Emotional Expression
A bridge made of tears and care
Emotional Quote
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama
Related Music
Say it with Love
"Say It With Love" is an offering, a reminder of the infinite well of love that’s always available to us.
It doesn’t ask us to deny our needs or silence our deepest feelings — it invites us to bring them forward, but to bring them from the heart.
This song is a mantra and a prayer, a chant to Lakshmi: “Remind me of the divine bounty — that no matter how much I lean on you, the well of love never runs dry.”
It transforms confusion, anxiety, and heaviness into connection, grace, and light.
As the closing track of the collection, it leaves us with an invocation: whatever you do, wherever you go, say it with love.
Where We Sleep
“Where We Sleep” moves from shared desires to stark streets, refusing to other anyone. A mantra of unity (“we want the same things”) opens the door; then the perspective flips—freedom’s illusion, the descent into cold, hunger, and being unseen. A stuttering 911-like plea and late-night madness reveal fear more than menace. The final reflection lands softly and truthfully: we were children once; we wanted love and purpose; the only difference now may be a bed and a lock. Compassion, here, is the chorus.
