Remember to be kind to yourself. We are human, which means we are not perfect. Everyone has their struggles and things to overcome. No one is alone.
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The Year of Compassion and Revision
2017 was a tough one; divorce, foreclosure, underemployment but somehow I am still here. Like this writer, I have found peace in attempting to let go…
2017 has been one heck of a year! It’s been a year full of exciting moments; angry moments; pure sad moments; and pure joyous moments. It all deals with compassion and revision. The tender moments that I’ve experienced this year has lead to new perspectives and changes for myself. It really has been a struggle, but I’ve learned a lot about dealing with stuff known as mess. Words of wisdom: Holding onto mess will only make your life messier; therefore, let the mess pass you by.
Mess is a term used by southerners to describe quantities of fish, messy situations, or something plain stupid. I’m using it to describe the situations of life in which case can get under your skin and rub you raw. It rubs you raw until you finally have enough, and causes you to spiral into a deep, dark pit of anger and sorrow. I’ve…
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Self-Compassion, Not Love
I agree…
Haiku: “Compassion”
Yes…
Mass Shootings, Compassion Fatigue (or Why I Stopped Caring)
After Sandy Hook, and now Sutherland Springs, is there any hope for change? Source: Mass Shootings, Compassion Fatigue (or Why I Stopped Caring)
Discovering the Gold: Remembering Our True Nature by Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion
Radical Acceptance: Is there anything, right this moment, between me and feeling at home in myself, at home in who I am? Can I regard this with kindness? Source: Discovering the Gold: Remembering Our True Nature by Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion – Tara Brach
Matthieu Ricard’s Journey to #Compassion
Scientist, monk, best-selling author, humanitarian—how Matthieu Ricard discovered that caring for others is the only answer. Source: Matthieu Ricard’s Journey to Compassion – Lion’s Roar
Drop Self-Improvement and Embrace Self-Compassion
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” Carl Rogers. Source: Drop Self-Improvement and Embrace Self-Compassion – Tiny Buddha
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. Pema Chodron (via purplebuddhaproject)
8 Ways to Live Compassionately In the Present Moment
If this was my last day on earth, my words to all of you would be is to live with an open, wise and compassionate heart. Please do no harm: to yourself and to all beings. Please recognize the sacredness of life and cherish it. You may want to consider being a vegetarian so you don’t contribute to hurting animals. Source: 8 Ways to Live Compassionately In the Present Moment | Inspire Me Today®
Compassionate Parenting
Use anxiety as motivation to parent the best you can. Source: Compassionate Parenting | Psychology Today
Compassion Fatigue
The effects of disasters can be long-lasting. Source: Compassion Fatigue | Psychology Today
A letter of self compassion…
Hello there, I would like to share with you an exercise to promote self-compassion. It is important to treat ourselves with care and concern when confronted by mistakes, failures and perceived shortcomings. In this exercise I would like you to choose an aspect of yourself that you dislike or criticize. It can be behavior, appearance, health, relationship […]
via Mental Health Exercise: A Letter of Self-Compassion — MakeItUltra™
Self-Compassion Project; Interview with Dr. Barbara Markway
Psychologist Barbara Markway did a 1 year self-compassion project. You can read about it here: Self-Compassion Project – Interview with Dr. Barbara Markway | Psychology Today
Practice self compassion
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Meditation: The RAIN of Self-Compassion
…a guided meditation based on a new version of the acronym RAIN that awakens self-compassion and de-conditions the suffering of being at war with ourselves.
Source: Meditation: The RAIN of Self-Compassion (10:42 min) – Tara Brach
Empathic compassion
Hugh MacLeod writes:
We, as humans, like to categorize. It makes the world easier to digest.
We fit the people around us into labels: users, coworkers, competitors.
Then they’re no longer just people — they’re the boxes we’ve put them into. And we’ve removed ourselves of the burden of feeling compassion.
Which is total nonsense.
The world runs on compassion. The world celebrates compassion.
In Krista Tippett’s TED talk about compassion, Tippett argues for a new definition of compassion. She says:
“Compassion can be synonymous with empathy. It can be joined with the harder work of forgiveness and reconciliation, but it can also express itself in the simple act of presence. It’s linked to practical virtues like generosity and hospitality and just being there, just showing up.”
We need to find that presence in ourselves.
We are only as much as what we can give to others.
Go to the source for more: empathic compassion – Gapingvoid
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