Compassion and Climate Change
We are now faced with a very big problem to solve: namely Climate Change. Compassion for Life discusses the emotion self-compassion which is defined as the urge to ease one’s own suffering. There are many ways that climate change is starting to negatively affect each of us. We, both as individuals, and collectively, are starting
Sharing Compassions and Problem Solving Together
The basic tenet of the book is that if two people are suffering from the same difficulty and start talking about it, a very interesting chain of events can possibly occur. When one person starts talking about their problem, they are being self-compassionate. The other person can strongly feel their suffering because they have the
Critical Thinking
Encouraging the world to contemplate its accumulated life’s knowledge and philosophies (ideas they hold true), helps set the stage for people to become/improve as critical thinkers when they are presented with new information. A critical thinker collects all the information she has about a topic (previous knowledge base and any new information), examines it all
Everyone Has a Gift
I believe everyone has a powerful gift to offer the world. Everyone. I saw a 60 Minutes segment a few years ago on a young man with severe brain damage. He was blind, couldn’t tie his shoes and dress himself, and needed help eating. And he had a powerful gift. His family was wealthy and
Happiness Discussion
Happiness can come from feeling the uplifting push that comes from a positive emotion. True happiness never directly comes from feeling a negative emotion. When we feel a negative emotion, often instinct kicks in and causes our response. If we are able to interject a cognitive thought, we have the option of making our response
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