Notes on Compassion (Remastered)

LORD if I had a USD every time I said something passive-aggressive or downright MEAN to myself! The funny (as in ironic/not LOL kind) thing about meditation is that I started noticing just how often that IS, and it's ANNOYING. Over time, I'd bet it's downright DETRIMENTAL! Perhaps even impacts my relationships with other people!

Before I stopped being so angry with God, I called this thing the "Jesus Principle," as in YOU (the proverbial) cannot help anyone who isn't willing to help themselves. While forgiveness is not self-interested (at least not on God's part), it benefits the giver as much as the receiver. The practice of forgiveness is H A R D. And forgiving oneself, in my experience, is hardEST. Completing this process is F R E E I N G.

Paradoxes galore. Soon as I level-up, I might start resenting that dingy self I used to be (HI, shame), maybe people who reflect that prior version of me, and I get brazen. Maybe I never awakened to edges snagging half-healed wounds of others, keep carrying on. But I live and hopefully learn…

There is always more Compassion -

To have and to hold

To give and to take

To love and to make.

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