Compassion Empathy and Reciprocity

You need one to practice the other. It is difficult to practice reciprocity when you do not feel it. Compassion and empathy are central to the genuine practice of reciprocity. Reciprocity, give and take, is the glue for all enduring social relationships. In reciprocity are the foundations of personal, private, and intimate justice.

Genuine acts of repetitive social reciprocity, give and take, are the best and most reliable way for to recover and recapture empathy and compassion. Give and take naturally rebalances authority and responsibility.