Finding Compassion

Our new normal is the words I hear everywhere now. I am going to stick with the phrase the new abnormal because homeschooling, being out of work, applying for unemployment, and paying attention to the news is not how I roll.

This quarantine has me recognizing what I have been ingesting and how it has affected my thoughts about others. As I sit and practice my meditational prayers every day, I am getting closer to being able to try on my neighbors' shoes. They are the wrong size, awkward, pinch my feet, and clunky, but they get me closer to compassion, which is where I want to live.

Take a few minutes today to recognize the script you have written for yourself over the past few months. Spend some time moving away from your biases and protective instincts. Separate yourself from the mass medias increasingly negative, sanctimonious, and angry narrative that shouts at us to ignore collective compassion for an ideology

Put on hold the deep shame, fear, self-righteous thinking that has gotten you to a place where you are willing to call an entire block of people stupid, unworthy, ignorant.

Breathe into the space that feels yucky. See what you notice when you finish. Keep gently plugging at this space until you feel kinder, more loving.

We can only say we are in this together if we honestly are trying to be one with others. Otherwise, it is just lip service.

Set up an appointment today to excavate your false self and see the loving nature that exists in you.

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