 How did you define compassion?

For me compassion is in any situation to look for the solution or the way I would like
to be treated, listened to, or advised.

It is true that since history many philosophers have wondered why we act the way we
do, and that generosity is simply a way for human beings to build a society; to
cooperate as a group and thus have a better chance of survival.

 What acts of compassion did you carry out, and what effect did
they have?

For a week I have been going with a friend to a food bank; where our function was to
classify the food according to the nutrients and characteristics of each family; if they
had children or not; if they had any newborn children; or if they had any special
needs.

Helping has a satisfactory effect as far as possible I try to make people happy and
treat them the way I would like them to treat me.

However, I believe that this type of action does not generate the same feeling in all
people; because I do not believe that simply because of greed people act with evil.

 If your behavior was different than normal, which person did you
like more: the "Day of Compassion you" or the "normal you"? If you
preferred the "Day of Compassion you," what are the psychological
factors that prevent this "you" from coming out?

Being surrounded by people who were also supporting the same cause as me; out of
generosity it really felt good.

What I found curious was the atmosphere that existed inside the food bank; because
although all of us had the common goal of helping the most needy, some people in the
food bank who could afford the food decided to reserve the highest quality cookies for
themselves or the rice or food of this type; when all of them have been donated to
help the most needy people.

My behavior has not changed much from the way I am naturally, as I have found from
experience that bad people eventually sink under their own weight. A selfish attitude is
not full, not complete; they are not people who when they look at their journey can be
proud of it.

The main factors that make me not act this way naturally is that I have a hard time
behaving well and trusting a person; because when I meet someone I start from the
base that everyone is bad; and then according to these base parameters, they can be
modified if over time I consider that you are a genuine person; and that you really act
this way by nature instead of to approach me and take advantage of some quality that
I have.

 What are the psychological costs and benefits of behaving

compassionately? In your view, do the benefits outweigh the costs?

The main benefit of working with compassion in mind is not underestimating people
and realizing how they may perform due to the personal burden or situations they are
experiencing; they affect us as we perform our work.

By working in an empathic way, you help to reduce confrontation, bad moods in the
work environment, and encourage fluid communication, because people feel that they
can express themselves freely, without their views or behavior being judged, and if
they are judged, from a constructive rather than destructive perspective.

From my point of view, the benefits generated by this type of attitude go far beyond
the general behavior that we human beings have; since the effectiveness of the work is
made easier and the confrontations in the group are reduced.

The next step would be to use the techniques we have learned in the course so that
even if people are shy, they have a turn to express their opinions.

 How did others respond to your compassion? Do you think they

noticed a difference in your behavior? What attributions did people
make for your behavior, and why?

The main benefit of working with compassion in mind is not underestimating people
and realizing how they may perform due to the personal burden or situations they are
experiencing; they affect us as we perform our work.

By working in an empathic way, you help to reduce confrontation, bad moods in the
work environment, and encourage fluid communication, because people feel that they
can express themselves freely, without their views or behavior being judged, and if
they are judged, from a constructive rather than destructive perspective.

From my point of view, the benefits generated by this type of attitude go far beyond
the general behavior that we human beings have; since the effectiveness of the work is
made easier and the confrontations in the group are reduced.

 The next step would be to use the techniques we have learned in

the course so that even if people are shy, they have a turn to
express their opinions. If you wanted to encourage others to behave
 as you did during the Day of Compassion, what psychological
techniques would you use? How can social psychology be used to
foster a more compassionate society?

Even when people are shy, the environment in which they share their ideas and
thoughts should be free of judgment and criticism, so that the person feels safe and
comfortable sharing their thoughts and ideas.

The strategy that has worked best for me is to give each person in the room a turn to
speak and to have each person speak in order; so that people who are more shy are
not influenced by people who have a stronger character.

In addition, to value each and every one of their contributions, so that they would feel
encouraged to participate more in the activity, they were offered a feedback to their
contributions in which all the colleagues in the group could contribute; always from a
perspective of respect and with the aim of building new knowledge.

 If you were to predict your behavior one month from now, do you
think it will be changed as a result of participating in the Day of
Compassion? If so, how? If not, why not?
If I had to predict my behavior from a month onwards, within my personality I tend to
be quite generous and respectful; I tend to control my emotions on a regular basis and
it is part of my personality; therefore it has not been difficult for me to carry out this
experiment; however in the work environment handling this type of emotions is more
difficult to manage; now during quarantine it is true that our emotions are on the
surface and maybe it is not the right time to start thinking about my behavior in terms
of the future; however I have hopes that during these tough times I can keep up this
attitude.