Attachment is the near enemy of compassion. It is not the attachment itself or the deep bonds of care that sabotage compassion and wisdom. It is your desire to control all things, including pain, that undermines compassion. It is your insistence that impermanence should never touch you or those you love. You get lost in the belief that your love should be powerful enough to protect those you love from suffering. Then you discover that it is not. Panic and anxiety can arise with that discovery; so too can a heart that is boundless in its compassion.
— Christina Feldman, Compassion