Compassion: concern for suffering or distress of others and
response to their feelings and needs Having compassion means
that you care about the feelings of others. You feel the
feelings of others.You open up your heart and try to see beyond
your own wants and needs. You notice if people feel bad. You
want to help them feel better. The best thing about compassion
is that it has a “ripple” effect. That means if you are kind at
home you bring that kindness to school. If you care at school
you will show that caring feeling when you are outside your home
and school. Then when you are nice and reach out to people to
help, this ultimately is felt by others who in turn will show
compassion. Think what a difference showing compassion can make
in our world! Let’s start right here at J. H. House and “catch
kids being compassionate!” We have stories to tell so comment,
comment, comment about compassionate kids!