Respect and Compassion

Leave it to a TV show about teenaged coming-of-age angst to have some great lines. (Maybe I'm trying to redeem myself from liking something I might have previously thought I shouldn't- but which proved to be insightful and ...right up my alley?!) True to my ongoing thematic interest in COMPASSION as it is disected by Christian writers and celebrated by secular humanists alike, here's todays food for thought:

"Respect is not commanded through fear; it is earned through compassion." -Pacey Whitter, Dawson's Creek