Life, with its many ups and downs, has taught me compassion. As a child, I got a sense of compassion from observing nature and the animal world. Growing up, I mainly experienced compassion through older people and grandparents. As a young student I became a caregiver myself and for over 20 years I cared for people with special needs as a therapist and teacher. Today I teach compassion and sustainability in a school, where compassion as an intrinsic motivation is the engine for a healthier and more positive future in which both caregivers and adolescents equally experience how important and significant they are for the new earth.