Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong uses her broad understanding of major world religions to explain the importance of compassion. The book includes practices from many traditions to become more aware of our own attitudes, treat ourselves with compassion and finally, extend that compassion to the world around us by increasing our knowledge and understanding of others’ cultures and beliefs. While it was Gandhi who said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” it is Armstrong who has written the how-to handbook.