Compassionate Love

As long as there is one fellow creature whom you can console with your kind words, whom you can enliven and cheer by your presence, whom you can help with your worldly possessions, however little that charity may be, you are a precious member of the human race. You should never be disheartenend or depressed.

There may be times when those whom you love do not seem to care for you, and you are apt to have a heavy heart, but there is no justification for feeling dejected. What does anything matter so long as you know that you are full of compassion for your fellow men? One should never depend on others for one's happiness. He who expects to secure satisfaction in life from others is worse than the beggar who kneels and cries for his daily bread.