This is an amazing thing. Karen Armstrong (who is an amazing woman. Check out her books if you haven’t read them already) won the TED prize last year, and as part of the prize she gets to make “One wish to Change the World.” So her wish was to get some of the greatest minds in the world together to write up a “Charter for Compassion,” much like the Charter for Human Rights. I won’t explain it anymore, as it’s all on the website, and I’m trying not to be redundant.

Check it out:
http://charterforcompassion.org/

I think this is such a beautiful idea and such a strong way forward into our future. It’s all based around the golden rule: Don’t do to others what you don’t want them to do to you. Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? It is and it isn’t. It’s simple to say and to grasp, but not so simple to consciously implement at all times. It takes practice. I guess maybe that’s why we live for so long. Maybe if I keep practicing everyday, I’ll get it by the end.