According to Osho, true compassion doesn’t mirror another’s misery; if you become sad you only add sorrow. Compassion feels their pain yet remains joyful, investigates its causes, and helps remove them. Your cheerfulness becomes living proof that happiness is possible, revives hope, and catalyzes real change—unlike anger or pious consolations, which perpetuate suffering.
Don’t get sad with sad people—stay happy and helpful so your light shows them a way out.