My Gift of Compassion
“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then...
View ArticleCan You Suffer With Me?
“Compassion literally means ‘to suffer with,’ which implies a basic mutuality in the experience of suffering. The emotion of compassion springs from the recognition that the human experience is...
View ArticleHow to Activate Your Compassion Gene
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. -Dalai Lama A friend of mine recently lost her dad. Having experienced the loss of my own father...
View ArticleReally? I’m Not Worthy of Your Compassion
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use...
View ArticleBe Kind to Yourself…Yeah, I’m Talkin’ To You!
We don’t have to earn the right to compassion; it is our birthright. -Kristin Neff I haven’t been in the best of moods lately. I’m facing so many difficult feelings and emotions that I have long...
View ArticleStep Outside of Yourself to Give Yourself Compassion
If we can’t forgive someone else or ourselves, compassion is the next best thing. -Melody Beattie A few days before last New Year’s Eve, I was trying to update an app on my iPhone, but my phone was...
View ArticleRemembering a Fallen Star
“Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.”...
View ArticleSelf Compassion Gets the TKO – Revisiting Gazoo
Photo by Generationbass.com “Where is that written contract you signed before birth promising that you’d be perfect, that you’d never fail, and that your life would go absolutely the way you want it...
View ArticleSkip the Pain
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. ~Thomas S. Monson What’s going inside of me?...
View ArticleThankful for life
Good morning and happy Thanksgiving! This year has been an interesting one, definitely. A memoir is in the works of the happenings, as if I put it all in a blog post, it would be the world’s longest...
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