I think you nailed it, Lee.  The original post here was one of those
email pass arounds, sent to me my a very intelligent, very caring,
very aware friend.  As I was reading it, I found myself laughing until
the witness in me said "wait a minute, what am I doing?  Why am I
laughing at this?"  Is our human nature such that we can find the
mistakes and misfortunes of others so laughable?  Taking ourselves too
seriously can be a pitfall, true.  But why do we laugh?  Like the
Darwin Awards, maybe it brings us to that part of our own nature that
is prone to mistakes, the archetype of misstep, and we can then laugh
at ourselves, and not take ourselves too seriously.  There...maybe
this is how we arrive at compassion.

On Aug 26, 5:24 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In answer to your question Molly, I think that is it clear that our
> compassion is conditional, although I belive it should not be.
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