What is warm-heartedness? What is heart? I feel sometimes like I have no idea; and furthermore, if I do that it is merely an idea. That’s not being said from some self-degrading place or fishing for a friend to compliment me, but genuinely.

Looking out to the world now and through human history, occasionally someone stands out in the expression of compassion, or selflessness, or being-with. St. Francis, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gandhi come to my mind. I’m sure that there are examples from every tradition, skin color, and gender. There are people today choosing to go into the most hostile environments, all of which are human-created; and they go there to help, to care.

I, personally, want to explore the heart and it as a gateway to what compassion might be. Let’s explore together.