I’ve written and thought a lot lately about compassion. How doctors lack it, how people need to be more compassionate towards the chronically ill, how we need to be more compassionate. But, I was reading this article on ZenHabits and it struck me that the place we lack compassion the most is towards ourselves.
‘So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Compassion starts with truly listening. How often do we tune out our own needs and instead of really listening to our bodies and our minds we try to shut them off. Why is it easier to look at someone else who is ill and be compassionate towards their needs but we can’t and often refuse to do it for ourselves? ... Read More
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