Compassion is Pink!

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“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~ Dalai Lama

This month at Cottage Lane we are focusing on compassion. At today’s assembly, we discussed the meaning of compassion and how we can show compassion in school, at home and in the world.  Our Compassion Cards encourage us to perform random acts of compassion.  From the Smile Train Fundraiser to Valentine’s for Veterans, our compassion can make a difference in the lives of others.

Our book of the month, Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world. The main character realizes the lost opportunity for friendship and thinks about how much better it could have been if a little compassion was shown toward others.

Remember…Don’t be a wrinkle in someone else’s heart.  Instead…make time this month to complete your compassion cards.  Together we can fill our hallway heart!

15 thoughts on “Compassion is Pink!”

  2. One morning,
    Maya
    smiled
    I didn’t smile back
    Maya
    Came over to us
    But none of us wanted to play
    She’s not my friend,
    Each little thing we do goes out like a ripple, into the world
    Each kindness I had never shown

  9. I didn’t smile back
    Each little thing
    Even small things count
    Each kindness
    Makes the whole world
    Better
    Chance of a kindness
    Became more and more forever gone

  10. New student
    I didn’t smile back
    None of us wanted to play
    Whispered about Maya
    We said no
    Secondhand store
    Small things count
    Couldn’t think of anything
    Maya’s seat remained empty
    Became more and more forever gone

  12. New student
    I didn´t smile back
    None of us wanted to play
    Whispered about Maya
    We said no
    Secondhand store
    Small things count
    Couldn´t think of anything
    Maya´s seat remained empty
    Became more and more forever gone

  13. Turned to me and smiled.
    Farther away from her.
    She’s not my friend.
    She didn’t look up once.
    Each little thing we do goes out.
    I couldn’t think of anything.
    Passed the stone on.
    Each kindness.
    Wouldn’t be coming back.
    I wished I would have.
    Chance of kindness.

  14. Didn’t smile back
    Each little thing we do
    Even small things count
    Be the day I smiled back
    Each kindness
    Whole world a little bit better
    Maya wouldn’t be coming back
    Chance of a kindness
    More and more forever gone

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