Compassion Week Eight: Selfish Much?

Happy Fertility Friday!

Welcome to this year-long series in 2020 on being more compassionate to yourself and others (because we need that right now, don’t we?)

This is Week 8.

Find out why I’m doing this compassion series in Week One, and access the rest of the series at the bottom of this post.

This week’s quote is by Sharon Salzberg, a big name in mindfulness meditation:

“Compulsive concern with ‘I, me, and mine’ isn’t the same as loving ourselves. Loving ourselves points us to capacities of resilience, compassion, and understanding that are simply part of being alive.”

As always, the video has a TON more information about this quote in a short 5-minute vlog.  Here is the practice for this week [adapted]:

• Remind yourself that the human experience is imperfect.  Everyday say to yourself, “Imperfection is just part of the human experience.” 
• Take a moment to consider how many countless people have experienced what you are experiencing right now.
• If you feel isolated from others when you confront yourself about an imperfect behavior or characteristic, remind yourself that nothing is wrong, abnormal, or otherwise about imperfection.  You are not alone.

Hoping you feel more peaceful and more compassionate toward yourself and others after this week’s exercise.  I’ll see you next week!

Be well,

-M

Access all previous weeks here.

• Week One
• Week Two
• Week Three
• Week Four
• Week Five
• Week Six
• Week Seven

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