Comments on: 10 Ways to Practice Compassion

By: jinka

jinka — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:25:12 +0000

25, female
Stumbled upon your website while working on a project, sifting through hundreds of websites to create a campaign on mental wellbeing.

You are incredible and inspiring, I can’t believe how similar my situations are to yours and I have pulled so much from this which will help me personally.

Pursuing a job for 6 years that I never got anything out of in anyway, I decided to leave the job and were without pay for 5 months with no idea what industry to head into.
I decided to start knocking on doors of places where I thought I would like to work and was taken up by a great Media agency where I am now 5 months into a job I love.
When I read your article about pursuiting your dream I couldn’t believe how similar our situations were.

Going on to read many more articles I believe I am going to get a lot out of reading from your website more often and taking as much in as possible.

Thank you so much

By: Chark

Chark — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:09:40 +0000

Can I just say firstly that I am 16 years old, and from reading this article, I felt like jumping out of bed and giving everyone I see a hug and tell them they are beautiful!
I believe in giving everyone compliments, and I don’t respect one back. If others around me don’t feel good about themselves, I just want to tell them they are beautiful!
Anyways, what I wanted to say was this article really inspired me to make a change in myself because I am always happy and I would like to shed some of my happiness on to others.

By: Susan Monta

Susan Monta — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:50:19 +0000

We have an total responsibility not to spend plenty of duration of the learners who show up to Spiritual University. After all, they are prohibited to depart. If I go to a address and I’m tired, I can move out. But we never give kids at public school. So I think we have to make sure that their period in college is well invested by providing them complicated and interesting content.

Having fun also seems like a great idea. And some people believe that the best way to have fun is to convert studying time into game time. But I don’t agree, because, luckily, kids normally love studying. So I think that by offering a revitalizing atmosphere we will also make a position where kids appreciate themselves. Educational institutions that stupid down their program to make the position more attractive have it in reverse.

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By: Lalitha Brahma

Lalitha Brahma — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:33 +0000

Great article. Thanks Annika for clearly explaining the difference between pity and compassion. It did open me to be careful in future, and be AWARE if I am pitying the person OR being compassionate.

What is your experience of offering or receiving compassion? Please share in the comments.

1. Forgiving myself and deeply and completely accepting myself, when certain events/things create negative emotion.
2. Allowing myself to be a good listener instead of reacting to someone.
3. Accepting others as they are.

By: Lea

Lea — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:29:46 +0000

Being compassionate influences your level of happiness and allows you to development deeper connections with others.

By: Next Starfish

Next Starfish — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:42:00 +0000

I think this is a great post on a critical subject.

We can learn compassion, and we can also teach it too. The way we raise our children directly affects how considerate, caring, generous, empathetic, sharing and compassionate they are to others. We need to instill in our children the idea that they should always try to see any situation from the other person’s perspective – perhaps over time we can build a more caring and co-operative society.

The alternative doesn’t bare thinking about !

My blog post on teaching compassion from last year – http://nextstarfish.com/?p=5219

Keep up the good work

-STEVE-

By: Annika

Annika — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:15:23 +0000

Paige, that’s a beautiful transformation for you in how you relate to your father. I have several relationships that I would characterize in the exact same way. Sometimes the most compassionate act we can give another person is our acceptance of them just as they are.

By: Sandra / Always Well Within

Sandra / Always Well Within — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:00:51 +0000

Annika,

Thank you for helping us see more deeply that people needs compassion not just when they are overtly suffering. Compassion comes easiest for me when I reflect on how we are fundamentally all alike in wanting happiness and wanting to avoid suffering, and this is what motivates our behaviors. Even the negative ones.

I especially like the idea of giving praise. It can be done so easily. And lately, I’ve noticed what a difference it makes when I smile at others.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:55:39 +0000

Great tips Annika!

One thing I really struggle with is how to be compassionate yet assertive. How to be tough when you need to be in a zen sort of way?