Civic Responsibility, Compassion, Walking the Talk by Kris Vockler

I’m one of those who other’s call social or liberal, in being a businesswoman, often they are saying this about me in a negative way. Yet I believe at the core that we, as humans, Americans, inhabitants of cities, counties, living in neighborhoods, have a civic responsibility to each other and our community. I live in a small area of town but I’m a part of the larger city, my company is in a small part of the city but I service customers all over the globe, everyone is treated the same.

We’ve all heard the saying “Think Globally and Act Locally”, it has great merit, think of the whole but act in your zone of influence.

A quote I recently saw from His Holiness the Dalai Lama really brought this home and rang so true:

“Adopting an attitude of universal responsibility is essentially a personal matter. The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.”

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “Imagine All the People”

This is the crux and could be as simple as do you hold a door open for another, do you think about the cars next to you when you park at the mall; can they get into their car or did you park too close. It’s all about holding compassion for another in your hands and thinking, then acting on the desire to ease suffering of another. It’s so simple, just think for a moment how you might help another to not suffer or have a bad day, just by being conscious of them when you make an action.

If you read this and say, “why should I care”? You need to think about it the most.

Namaste

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