#compassion love

[legomars]

Everyone is so focused on acting savage, busy, & heartless these days. Meanwhile, I’m searching for the humans that believe in compassion, love & human connection.

[cleorockuniverse]

Let compassion and love be your top priority in life.

[thisweeksclimax]

On Self-Compassion

Imagine you see a homeless person while you're in traffic. They're squeegeeing windows or what have you in an attempt to beg for money. A lot of people's initial response is "Ung, he's going to make me late" or "He's just going to use that money for drugs and alcohol." 

This inherently bothers me. Sure, their are times we're all in a hurry and frustrated, but when you approach it with that attitude, it dehumanizes the person. It's no longer a person, it's an inconvenience. An obstacle. However, if you took a moment to think about his situation, you cannot help but humanize him or her, and their situation, how they got there ("There but before the Grace of God go I" I believe is the phrase), it shows a fundamental level of compassion. You don't even have to give them the dollar, you could offer a kind gesture or buy them some food. At the very least, all people are worthy of basic human compassion. This I think, of course, should extend to the inward self more than anything. Too often I see so many kind caring people beat on themselves harder than anything. We should all realize that suffering, failure, and imperfection is part of the shared human experience, and just as we would be kind and caring to our loved ones in times of stress, we should show ourselves the same love and kindness in our own lives, instead of berating and beating up ourselves. You would never insult a friend or deny their feelings as valid if they were hurt, so why do it to ourselves. This is not to say that we should engage in self-pity, (immersing ourselves in our own suffering to forget our shared experiences, emphasizing our own ego), or self-indulgence (giving self easy pleasures like indulging in drugs, over-eating, etc, that are fun in the short term but overall harmful), But allowing ourselves the same comfort and care we could give anyone else. “If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.”-Dalai Lama