WHY+THE+COMPASSION+PROJECT+IS+IMPORTANT

====**Compassion** is a virtue— one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism— foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.====

====The 8th grade class of Micro Society Magnet School are on a mission to leave a legacy behind and spread the peace throughout the entire school starting from kindergarten all the way to the to the eight grade class including the teachers. The compassion project is intended to become a great aspect of the life of our Micro Citizens teaching us to be kind and caring to everyone in life. At the end of this, the compassion project will become naturally installed in us and be a way of life.====

The reasons for the purpose of this project are endless.

 * ====Being compassionate towards people can prevent a lot of the violence that takes between us all====
 * ====Everyone deserves to be treated kindly and should be reminded that they are loved and that they mean something====
 * ====Compassion is one of the few things that we can practice that can bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives====
 * ====Studies have shown that cultivating compassion and kindness through mediation affects brain regions that can make the brain====

more empathic to other peoples mental state
© //"Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.’’ //-- **[|Mother Teresa]**

WHERE IT ALL STARTED
PROMOTE COMPASSION

written by:shania
quotes provided by: edgar