Saturday, 25 January 2020
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
THE POWER OF COMPASSION--ISLAMIC VALUES ARE VALUED MORE IN THE NON-ISLAMIC SOCIETIES
The Power of Compassion
LaGuardia airport is one of America 's busiest airports. It was
named after Fiorella LaGuardia, the Mayor of New York during the Great
Depression.
Acting as judge in one of the poorest parts of the city in the winter of
1935, he found himself forced to pass sentence on a grandmother who had stolen
bread to feed her starving grandchildren.
He felt sorry for her but fined her ten dollars. Then he paid the
fine himself and fined everyone in the courtroom fifty cents for living in a
city where such a thing could happen! The grateful women went home with
nearly fifty dollars
.
Mayor LaGuardia exemplified the difference between sympathy and
compassion:
Sympathy sees and says: I'm sorry.
Compassion sees and whispers: I'll help.
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