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Self-Compassion

Making Friends with Yourself

February 12, 2021 4 Comments

Making Friends with Yourself is the Art of Self-Compassion 

Life offers us so many opportunities for great joy and pleasure but it is our sorrow that can undoubtedly have a detrimental effect on our confidence and on our ability to trust who we are. It is in moments like these that we need to make friends with ourselves by cultivating self-compassion.
Challenging times are often accompanied by anxiety, impatience and a deep sense of uncertainty. […]

Filed Under: Acceptance, Challenges, Compassion, Self-Compassion Tagged With: Buddhism, compassion, empathy, loneliness, lovingkindness, meditation, mindfulness, psychology, Self compassion

Loneliness is a Gift

May 31, 2019 4 Comments

Hafiz, the beloved Sufi poet, reminds us in the poem below that loneliness is, indeed, a gift. Unlike depression and lethargy, which want us to stagnate and to sink in darkness, loneliness encourages us to move.
Loneliness is a desire, a physical feeling, something missing in the heart that inspires us to seek. Without loneliness, Hafiz suggests, how would you find yourself?
Part of being human is feeling the desire to connect and share with others. […]

Filed Under: Compassion, inner compass, wisdom, Loneliness, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion

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