tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142267147565207978.post7593521067211508337..comments2023-11-05T07:37:53.634-05:00Comments on A Momentary Taste of Being: Compassion--The Jewish TraditionStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142267147565207978.post-70534894461139766902011-06-08T13:33:45.267-04:002011-06-08T13:33:45.267-04:00On the continuing theme of connection to others, h...On the continuing theme of connection to others, have you seen About a Boy? If not, please do so soon. The entire theme is "no man is an island." If you have, then watch it again ... I just did and was blown away for the fifth time (probably). So funny and yet so very true.<br /><br />On the theme of having to always be right, which means that one can never make mistakes ... have you read <a href="http://artofmanliness.com/2011/06/04/manvotional-facing-the-mistakes-of-life/" rel="nofollow">this simply wonderful piece</a> featured at The Art of Manliness? It starts out like this and just gets better: "There are only two classes of people who never make mistakes—they are the dead and the unborn. Mistakes are the inevitable accompaniment of the greatest gift given to man—individual freedom of action."<br /><br />And mistakes lead us to compassion for others ... in my experience ... if one learns what one should from them.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.com