Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The first winner was:A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When later his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, ‘Nothing, I just helped him cry.
‘ To be able to ‘laugh with the laughing’ and to ‘cry with the crying’ is compassion. The very meaning of the word ‘com+patire’ is ‘to suffer with’.
About the author: Fr. Jose Kaimlett
Rev. Dr. Jose Kaimlett has been a Catholic Priest from April 1966. He has a doctorate in Canon Law. He is a great visionary who has been contributing enormously to the Catholic Church and to the society at large both as a missionary and philanthropist. He is the founder of Heralds of Good News (HGN), Sisters of Good News (SGN) and Missionaries of Compassion (MoC). These three communities (together) have inspired hundreds of young men and women to dedicate their lives for serving the society at various levels.
He has established numerous educational, health and charitable institutions in India and abroad. He is currently engaged in developing a full-fledged Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, and a Centre for Higher Education in Tanzania.
