This is David Breaux, a graduate of Stanford University, who devoted his later years to the practice of compassion.
He would stand on a street corner in Irvine, California near the University.
He asked passersby to write their definition of COMPASSION in his notebook.
Sometimes, that encounter would grow into a discussion with his new friend.
Having suffered a traumatic childhood, he showed great compassion to everyone.
When asked how he was, he always answered, “Peaceful.”
He was very approachable and people poured out their deepest life concerns to him.
He often slept in shelters or on park benches.
This last April, Mr. Breaux was found on a park bench stabbed to death.
The city of Davis erected a shrine to Mr. Breaux on the street corner where he practiced his compassion to passersby.
Sometimes, life can be cruel and unfair.
His death was one of those times!
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