More and more, I have found myself writing, talking, and advocating compassion.
While, no one argues with the prescription, there are questions about how to do it.
The response I give it this: “It is called a practice because no one knows how to do it well.” See if you can’t cultivate more compassion in your life – both for yourself and for others.
This fits with the previous message about habit and familiarity. The only way to get more compassion in your life is by doing it.
Spiritual-religious advice:
Practice compassion.
With love,
Flash Bang
February 6, 2026
✧✧✧ My buddy Marc meets me near my house at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon so we can bike to the small park named for Elizabeth Caruthers. I looked her up as I started to write this article. Elizabeth Caruthers was an early pioneer woman whose Supreme Court case led to the 1850 Donation Act—ruling that a woman, married or not,
