For two hours he sat in the crowded classroom while other students filled their pages with a long essay, to show their understanding of Jesus's first miracle. The exam time was almost over and this one student had not written a single word. The proctor came over to him and insisted that he commit something to the paper before turning it in. The assumption that we possess only a finite supply of concern and ability to care legitimate the process of alienating the destitute. Compassion arises first from the understanding that the social structures that we create are not absolute.
Compassion draws no distinction between self and the neighbor.
Excerpts from a paper written for Dr. Holloway. The white-robed choir stood on the starlit stage eagerly awaiting the delicate cry of the Master. When its shy sweetness finally seasoned the still air, cascades of timbres poured about the newborn sound, surrounding the gentle gestures of the Grand Conductor. Bleating oboes and mooing trombones sang their rapture, the choirs flourished with pure angelic poetry. The overture joyously bubbled to the heavens, the sound fading into a dolce breathing of a dreaming baby.