Her most recent novel, "In Trouble," the story of two pregnant girls in the l950's, reflects her profound belief that the right to choose abortion is an individual choice, and that whatever one's ultimate decision, it must be viewed with compassion and respect.
"Don't misunderstand, they aren't your traditional Hilton rubes, this Pasadena burgher and the little woman, they have viewed with compassion the Louds and wouldn't be caught dead in New York in madras shorts or cameras on straps like talismans, but this, this, it does give them pause and they freeze at the curb like Lot's wives, hit full-face by the nightmare custard pie of it...."...
Workers' struggles are viewed with compassion and understanding.
When individuals with illness are viewed with compassion and understanding, there is hope to get better.
This sort of person is to be viewed with compassion, not feared or hated, but equally, you don't need to dance to their tune or hang around them.
But whether it was real or all just a dream, I like to think that he takes two things with him from his time in Termina: a hope that can sustain him on the lonely road ahead that somewhere there's a place where he belongs, and a greater willingness not just to view others with compassion, but to view himself with compassion, too.
But whether it was real or all just a dream, I like to think that he takes two things with him from his time in Termina: a hope that can sustain him on the lonely road ahead that somewhere there's a place where he belongs, and a greater willingness not just to view others with compassion but to view himself with compassion, too.
It's hard to view ourselves with compassion when judgments are more common than understanding.
But understanding why I made many of the financial mistakes I did has helped me view myself with compassion instead of shame and given me the courage to start repairing my credit instead of continuing to avoid it.
The figure of the boyarynya is a black spot against the background of light patterns of the onlookers' clothing (the painting shows the influence of both French Impressionism and the 16th-century Venetian school), and the observers in the painting view her with compassion as a martyr.
And view yourself with compassion.
