“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” – Lao Tzu “You never really understand aContinue reading “On Empathy and Courage”
Category Archives: Empathy
Truth and Perception
“The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.” –Captain Jack Sparrow “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” –Dennis Wholey “Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’sContinue reading “Truth and Perception”
Rejoice for the Truth
“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” –Plato “When negative feelings move upon you, reflect, and recognize the danger of feeding those feelings and keeping them alive.” –Bryant McGill “Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them onContinue reading “Rejoice for the Truth”
Musings
…that to find beauty in everyone you must see beauty in everyone, then announce that you see it for, in announcing it, you place it there in their reality. –Neale Donald Walsch “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And thatContinue reading “Musings”
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