I couldn't write yesterday on Joy; I reflected a lot about it and experienced it. But I had so much going on with my mum and niece, visiting from Israel, that it never got to the writing app.
So I went to sleep feeling like I was missing out on my daily challenge and woke up with compassion.
And that's what I want to share about today.
On a symbolic level, I lost my eyesight because I couldn't handle the judgments I had harbored in my brain.
From judging situations, circumstances, people, and myself above all.
Accepting that external reality reflects inner experience has been my journey.
And it is at the essence of the Joy of compassion.
Now that I regained my eyesight, I embrace reality as it is.
I am accepting different experiences other people, and I are having.
When we accept different perceptions of the same reality, we bring compassion for ourselves and others.
I enjoy bringing my multicultural experience into my interactions.
And it is in this diversity that my compassion lies.
I am embracing a variety of different people and experiences.
Compassion keeps the connection with all part of us that we used to judge and help us connects with others.
Compassion brings out our sensitivity.
It is an expression of our generosity of being,
it is the face of our tolerance across social relationships.
It mends relationships' wounds.
It helps us move forward in RelationSHIFT to ourselves, others, and situations.
Compassion takes empathy one step further. It seeks to understand the other person without judgment.
It requires a deep desire to be present. Fully present with the other and what is happening. Listening sincerely to what is said and all that is in silence. Without any comparison to oneself.
As I love playing with words, I wondered which other C- word I could associate compassion with, and I came up with 5:
Care for the other
Commitment to refrain from judging any situation, person, or oneself
Connection to self and other
Courage to see what is unfolding and
Communication; deep and honest with oneself and with the other
I am curious to read how you experience or perceive compassion! Please write in the comments below.