Compassion

Compassion trumps everything--judgments, criticisms, brokenness, negativity, ignorance.  Being compassionate triumphs in all circumstances--wins out over anger and denial.  It allows us to feel and be who we are in the moment.  This is one of the most important things in life.  
Practice loving-kindness, give yourself permission to receive compassion, bring compassionate energy forward in your daily exchanges with the world.

"In cultivating compassion we draw from the wholeness of our experience--our suffering, our empathy, as well as our cruelty and terror.
Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.  Everything we encounter thus becomes an opportunity for practicing loving-kindness."

                                                                        --Pema Chodron