The virtue of compassion is universally valued.
When you commit to practicing compassion, your relationships become more intimate.
Negative feelings will start to lessen.
Your mind becomes quieter, allowing you to receive clearer inner guidance.
You become more attractive to people you meet because they can feel your heart.
Youre more likely tofind your calling.
You feel the deep fulfillment of knowing you are contributing to a more loving world.
And how do we cultivate it in everyday life?
Here are a few tips:
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Start by practicing self-compassion.
Put yourself in someone elses shoes.
Life is hard, but were all doing the best we can.
As the saying goes, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
“This videofrom the Cleveland Clinic will soften your heart and grow yourempathy muscles.
Move beyond your self-referencing.
From the time we are children, many of us are taught the, Its all about me mentality.
But in reality, we are all one.
Practice shifting your perspective away from exclusively thinking about how something affects you.
This doesnt mean selling yourself out to get to be nice to someone else thats not self-compassion!
But itdoesmean expanding your awareness to make room for the interconnectedness that unites us all.
Practice kindness, without people-pleasing.
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, says, My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.
But many people mistake people-pleasing and approval-seeking with kindness.
Kindness doesnt mean selling out whats true for you for make someone else feel good.
Releasing judgment of others starts with letting go ofself-judgments.
Most of us dont truly listen.
Were always interrupting, judging what someone says, or trying to fix.
Rachel says, Listening creates a holy silence.
When you listen generously to people, they can hear truth in themselves, often for the first time.
And in the silence of listening, you’ve got the option to know yourself in everyone.
Heal your own trauma.
If youhold on to unhealed trauma, you’ll likely traumatize others unintentionally.
Try being fully present with everyone you encounter.
See if you could really feel what the other might be thinking beneath the words.
When you are truly present, your presence has a tendency to be experienced as compassion.
to make it truly offer compassion to others, you first have to fill yourself.
This kind of behavior is not selfish;its self-care.
You feel so good that you want to share your bounty with those who can use a little uplifting.
Try the 21-Day Compassion Challenge.
