This definition involves two central dimensions of compassion. The first is known as the psychology of engagement and involves sensitivity to and awareness of the presence of suffering and its causes.
Clifford C. Cliff Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949), is a fictional character on the American television show Cheers co-created (and played) by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's know-it-all and was a contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
1 During the 1991  Flaming Moe's  episode of The Simpsons, a parody version of the song is sung. 2  Gary Portnoy performed Where Everybody Knows Your Name on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 20, 1993. 3  In 1998, the Cheers Theme was featured in Will Ferrell 's movie A Night at the Roxbury.he song was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and performed by Gary Portnoy. Shortly after the premiere of Cheers, Portnoy went back into the studio to record a version of the song that made the US and British pop charts. The full-length version was made available on Portnoy's album Keeper (2004).