If you’re displeased with something, it’s much more effective to be compassionate rather than critical. Though it’s tempting to gaze upon a situation and list all that’s wrong with it, everyone is happier and more cooperative when you make a sincere effort to imagine why things might be the way they are and how they could be better. When you bring your thoughtful understanding to unpleasant circumstances, even ones that concern or alarm you, you’re actually a more effective agent of change. Condemnation ultimately antagonizes and alienates others…
Compassion enlists them.
Steve and Jarl
