Ask most people the difference between kindness and compassion and you'll get a pause, then a shrug — they feel like the same thing wearing different clothes. 

But the distinction matters more than almost any other in how we actually live, because it explains why so much sincere feeling never becomes anything. 

Compassion is interior: it's what you perceive, what you feel on someone else's behalf. 

Kindness is exterior: it's what you do about it. 

In a conversation, author and artist Aaron Ableman shares the cleanest explanation — "If compassion is the composition of the song, then kindness is actually the lyrics and the performance of it. One is written. The other is played out loud.”

What follows is an argument for why compassion in action, at the smallest possible scale, may be the only thing that changes anything.

#Compassion, #Kindness, #RegenerativeLife, #DeathEconomy, #SelfCompassion, #Consciousness, #ParadigmShift, #RegenerativeFutures #ConsciousLeadership, #BePresent, #Storytelling, #Fatherhood 

Full story: http://magicommons.org/podcast-episode/kindness-in-action-aaron-ableman 

00:00 Introduction to Aaron Abelman

01:36 The Power of Kindness

03:29 Influence of the human

05:17 Kindness + Compassion

08:17 Importance of Self Kindness

10:35 Stories of Kindness

13:12 Gaia's Game: A New Kind of Learning

15:50 Transforming Consciousness for a Kinder World

22:32 Turn Consumption into Conscious Integration

28:37 How to transform our life into a life of service

28:44 Being Deeply Present in life

37:01 Be in Service in the World

45:15 Empowering Narratives in Storytelling

46:01 Creating Shifts Through Kindness and Compassion

47:12 The Role of Humor in Life

48:36 Inviting Playfulness in Life's Journey

50:15 Exploring the Quantum Field of Existence

51:20 The Dance of Light and Dark

54:01 Childhood Magic and Connection to Nature

58:30 Finding Beauty in Small Moments

01:00:25 The Impact of Awe and Wonder on Life

01:05:19 Prioritizing the Small Things in Life

01:08:33 Embracing the Journey of Evolution

01:11:12 Opening to Possibility and Inner Guidance

01:12:53 Closing Reflections and Blessings