We get confused between compassion for someone we like who is easy to get along with and loving, and a higher level of compassion that invites us to remain compassionate for all people, no matter how they behave. Often, the love and compassion we feel for our family members and spouse get tested when […]
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We’ve all been trained from early childhood to live pretty much in a “reactive” mode—looking around us, noticing what others are doing, seeing what’s on the news, deciding what side of a political campaign we agree with, or whose part in an argument between friends we think is the correct one. We let our buttons
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Are pity for someone and compassion for someone the same thing? Short answer: no, they’re not. I used to think that feeling sorry for someone meant you were demonstrating compassion, however, the emotional difference between pity and compassion is a powerful one, once we understand it, and learning how to shift into compassion is
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