ople. Iwonder if you couldn't control them a little more?"The man lifted his gaze as if to come to aconsciousness of the situation for the first time andsaid softly - "Oh - you're right - I guess should dosomething about it. We just came from the hospitalwhere their mother die an hour ago. I don't knowwhat to think and I guess they don't know how tohandle it either."Can you imagine what I felt at that moment. Myparadigm shifted. Suddenly I saw things differently - and because I saw things differently - I thought - feltand behaved differently. My irritation vanished; myheart was filled with the man's pain. Feelings ofsympathy and compassion flowed freely "Your wifejust died? Oh - I am sorry! Can you tell me about it?What can I do to help?" Everything changed in aninstant.The word which is opposite in meaning to'compassion (Para 6) is