“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!
World
Brilliant
Hello
We all stared
Smiled
Didn’t smile back
She’s not my friend
No
Kindness
Kindness never shown
Kindness with Maya
gone
Kindness
smile
like a ripple, into the world
change
makes the whole world a little bit better
a small gift
kindness
One
Hello
One
Smile
One
Ripple
Of
Kindness
Makes the whole world a little bit better
smile
kindness
each little thing
goes out,
like a ripple,
into the world
even small things count
a smile
makes the whole world
better
like each kindness
Kindness
Turned to me and smile
Talking about kindness
Kindness
Goes out like a ripple into the world
Holding a small gift
Friends
whispering secrets
whisper
whisper
laughing at her
we said no
new
name for her
we
laughed
seat
empty
small things count
seat remained empty
wouldn’t be coming back
kindness
never shown
the water rippled
away
kindness-done and not done
I watched the water ripple
the chance of
kindness
became
forever gone.
Each Kindness
Winter snow
World
Brilliant
Laughing
kindness
Rippled a
Promise
Forever
kindness
Hello
smile
friend
play
jump
gently
kind
kindness
Hello
Smiled
Didn’t smile back
she’s don’t my friend
never knew
kindness
hello
smiled