“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion” – Dalai Lama
We’ve heard the word “compassion” too often in our lives in various forms and phrases per se:
“Be kind to others”
“Care for the feelings of others”
“Share love and benevolence”
Today, I want to focus on practicing compassion on a rather unheeded sect, “Self.”
I know compassion is generally construed as being kind, caring and understanding to the needs and feelings of others but do you believe a broken heart can understand the woes of others?
Well, then let’s move on to find out what exactly is meant by “Self–Compassion.”
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” -Buddha
In the never-ending race of our monotonous life, we rarely empathize with ourselves. We remember to do special things for each of our family members but we forget to pamper ourselves. Let me elaborate: