Compassion and empathy that is felt only in times of crisis and or catastrophe, (usually, but not always in the case of the human species self manifested and inflicted) is not really compassion and empathy, but survival instinct activated from a place of fear for ourselves, not actual caring and concern for others; real compassion and empathy is felt in each and every moment of being, without thinking, for that is the instinct of LOVE...

just LOVE...
Kip Baldwin
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.” ~ Andrew Boyd, Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe