a5e9e93How Compassionate Are You? In today's world, compassion is more rare than ever. With fewer and fewer people concerned with anything other than themselves, it seems compassion is a hot commodity. Do you know how compassionate you are? It's time to find out!
You notice a co-worker has been seeming a bit depressed, what do you do?
Start doing little things to free up their day
Bring in treats or coffee to brighten the mood
Offer advice based on personal experience
Chock it up to being at work
Carry on as usual, everyone gets down sometimes
A friend of a friend needs an emergency baby sitter, but you already have plans. What do you do?
I cancel my plans and offer to help
I help them to find someone to watch the kids
I let them figure it out
When you see someone begging for change, you tend to feel...
Irritated
Helpless
Sad
Angered
Called to help
Which cause are you most likely to fight for?
Equal rights
Animal rights
Healthcare reform
Immigration reform
Environmental awareness
When a friend or family member calls up looking to vent, you tend to....
Listen for as long as they need me to
Give them an active audience
Listen for a few minutes but then make an excuse to get off the phone
Pretend to have a bad connection
A close friend's husband is sick and in the hospital. How do you help?
I prepare meals and help get their kids to and from school
I offer to clean the house and run any errands
I give them some gift cards for takeout
I let her deal with it on her own terms
Is it hard for you to feel compassion towards strangers?
Yes
No
Sometimes
While watching a particularly negative news cast, you feel...
In today's world, compassion is more rare than ever. With fewer and fewer people concerned with anything other than themselves, it seems compassion is a hot commodity. Do you know how compassionate you are? It's time to find out!
