My only resolution this year: to live a more compassionate life. As parents, compassion is one of the virtues we wish to teach our children. I hope. What I've learned, though, is that when it comes to compassion, and all the other paradigms of virtue, we can't teach it. We can only show it & practice it, and especially grace it upon them as well. Through witnessing it, may they become compassionate individuals themselves, may they appreciate it when they need it, and most importantly, may they recognize it when they receive it.