by Mary Robinson Reynolds
Excert from MasterMinding for a Rich Life Newsletter

There is a presence and a power that breathes within every single one of us. No matter what we call it, it's inside each and every one of us. Yet compassion calls it forth in ways that are beyond our human understanding.

How compassion works is a mystery as deep as Spirit itself. With compassion, there is a whole range of positive possibilities.

Research on the brain reveals that compassionate thoughts light up the frontal lobe of a person’s brain. (The frontal lobe is where the mind can access solutions.) When we are resentful or angry there is no light in that part of the brain, and so we shut down and fail to function well. As soon as we begin to experience compassionate thoughts, this part of the brain lights up, and we can literally go from "impossible" to "possible" in an instant.

Whether you are devoutly religious or deeply spiritual, an atheist, an agnostic or a skeptic, when you simply decide to think compassionate thoughts, the power of the feeling that is ignited is palpable. The connection is instantly available and deeply real.

The compassion within is what makes the difference.