Dear Editor: This Christmas season it might be good for all of us to work on being kind, compassionate and empathetic toward all others. Words can be powerful motivators and here are some that move me: Saint Teresa of Calcutta said: “A life not lived for others is not a life.” Pope Francis said: “You pray for the hungry and then you feed them. This is how prayer works.” Anonymous: “Unpacked our nativity scene yesterday. I removed all the Jews, Arabs and other foreigners. I ended up with a Jackass and a handful of sheep.”