I actually meditated on this thought for a while last night. I focused a lot on transforming my perceived negative emotions into their counterparts for a long while and then I started pushing for balance. I never really thought about the concept of which is more necessary until last night and while I still come to the same conclusion that I feel compassion is the goal, perhaps we could never know or learn compassion without knowing pity. Either way if we're both growing and learning from this post I'm glad I wrote it. :)