Welcome, Surrey Compassion learners and givers!

For those who want to develop compassion for others as a central focus of their lives. This is compassion at the individual level - towards your family, friends, acquaintances, the mail carrier, the cashier at the store, to the stranger, and to yourself.
It is very difficult to maintain awareness of compassion, let alone put it into action, especially when others are not showing compassion towards us.
The group is designed to examine compassion, recognize what is and is not compassion, learn to live with compassion, and to receive support and encouragement from like minded souls in our daily endeavours.
There are many ways in which people show compassion. many volunteer their time and energy to charities, causes etc. However, this group will focus on our everyday interactions with people in everyday situations. For me compassion starts at home in our immediate environment - if all we can manage is frustration or anger when the lineup at the store is moving slowly, or when someone cuts us off in traffic, rather than compassionate understanding, how can we make peace with strangers from other countries who may have values contradictory to our own?