"The combined elixir of humility, compassion, and gratitude activates brain regions and neurochemical systems that help us thrive, enabling us to live both better and longer lives. Compassion can be strengthened through reasoning and familiarization, and through meditating on these qualities. Whether people agree with us and are friendly, or disagree with us and are disruptive, ultimately, they are human beings, just like us: They wish for happiness and don’t want suffering. Furthermore, their right to overcome suffering and be happy is equal to our own. When we recognize that all beings are equal in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, we will naturally feel empathy and closeness toward them."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/06/opinion/suffering-compassion-being-perpetual-student/
