True compassion

In my meditations on suffering and compassion I have come to a few conclusions.
People use the belief in a better afterlife as a way of alleviating guilt for crimes they have committed against their neighbors. It is also a way to close their eyes to suffering. Or to say that there is so much suffering in the world we can do nothing about it. Or worse to distance themselves from those who suffer and say that once you give they will just want more. An afterlife is a nice way of forgetting about those around us, those who are us. We say "let God sort it out"
In "what the Buddha never taught" Tim Ward talks about visiting Calcutta. He went to a home set up by Mother Theresa, the home was for homeless people who could no longer care for themselves. He was telling this story to an American who argued that giving to the poor was fruitless. The climax of the story was a mentally disabled woman who Tim thought was going to beg from him coming up and saying "Hello". Tim's point was that Mother Theresa was not delusional, she knew she could not feed everyone. What she did do was bring love into a world of suffering.
If we practice mindful meditation we will feel true compassion. The compassion that comes from knowing that we all belong to the human family. If we do this we will give real love to our brothers and sisters. We will do it. We won't wait for them to die, and rest on belief that justice came from on high. We will give them justice, love, and compassion during their lives.