Lenny was a man who cared about repairing the world and bringing greater compassion to medicine.
As she introduced her mother, Chelsea Clinton said she knows no one with a greater compassion for children's rights.
But as you might anticipate, what actually interested us was whether those who had been meditating would exhibit greater compassion in the face of suffering.
What may come out of this, oddly enough, is greater compassion among players, a recognition that they are all in this together, that they need one another.
In a new book (packaged in Google-bright colours), Mr Tan promises that this technique will "increase productivity, creativity and happiness".The concept involves mastering one's feelings and developing greater compassion, empathy and emotional intelligence.
We should encourage greater compassion for all parents facing an extreme challenge, whether they have children with autism or mental illness or have lost their children to acts of horrific violence (and that includes the parents of killers).
