Compassion - do I have enough? 2

Recently for example, our neighbor has become annoyed by the pigeons that we feed pooping on her property. She is concerned that she will get bird flu or a disease, after not minding them for several years. They like to use her windowsills and rooftop to preen on before and after their meals somedays, when not wanting to use our lawn. Her reaction is now to rattle an empty tub at the birds, trying to scare them away. A few years ago, I would have fired up in anger and have considered her a very evil and cruel person for doing this, but now I can view the situation differently.

Instead of reacting with anger and retaliation, I now become sad. Whilst I can see that my neighbor does not enjoy these pigeons pooping on her windowsills and dropping the odd feather on her property, I can also see that the pigeons want to eat, preen and rest in peace. I have learned to see things from both their view and my neighbor's, as well as my own.

Whilst this may not assist the situation itself, it prevents my growing angry from it and leaves me with better ability to attempt to sort things out so that both pigeons and neighbor can live in peace.