Compassion == Suffer Together
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Did you mean to put a dash in there? 🙂
Not only does this make sense, but it is actually what the roots of the word would imply:
Com: with or alongside
Passio: (passion) to suffer, endure, or strive
When we say we have "passion" for something, what we ought to mean is that we are willing to suffer for it. I have passion for my wife and family, for the right ordering of our society, and for freedom.