Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction
Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.
The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.
If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope.
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.
If you become more concerned for the welfare of others, you will experience a sense of calm, inner-strength, and self confidence.
Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.
Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.
I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought.