Day 36 of the Omer
Chesed in Yesod – loving kindness in a solid foundation.
I like to hope that society will eventually recognize more fully that compassion is an essential element of civilization, and an expression of fairness as well – that is, establishing equal compassion to all peoples makes a society more fair.
Civil rights, marriage equality (which is a civil right), promotion of the full franchise (see the Daily Show’s coverage of India) – these basic understandings of sharing space with our human companions and acknowledging their common humanity with our own make us civilized.
Compassion and kindness start a solid foundation so that it holds all who need to be a part of our project. Build sensibly, fairly, and include kindness.
