By Kelly Miller — 2021
The best way for kids to learn compassion is through watching models of this behavior.
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According to the dictionary, to forgive is to stop feeling angry or resentful toward yourself or others for some perceived offense, flaw, or mistake. Keeping that definition in mind, forgiveness becomes a form of compassion.
A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.
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Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
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The Fix Q&A with Dr. Gabor Maté on addiction, the holocaust, the “disease-prone personality” and the pathology of positive thinking.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
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As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.