Compassion
Compassion isn’t a gift or talent – it’s the natural result of paying attention and realizing the infinite opportunities to connect with others. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love, p. 293…
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Sympathetic Joy
Sympathetic joy takes our attention away from our own preoccupations and allows us to see that joy is available in many more places than we have yet imagined. — Sharon…
Capacity to Love
Recognizing that no one else can complete us actually enhances our capacity to love and receive the love of others. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love, p. 293 Photo: Barefoot Park,…
Letting Go in Love
Letting go is essential in love – it is the opposite of clinging to expectations about how things should be and allows us to accept others (and ourselves!) as they…
Maintaining Curiosity
A great foundation for loving others is maintaining a level of curiosity; we can always learn more about those we are close to. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love, p. 292…
Opportunities
Acceptance is what allows us to realize that all experiences are opportunities to learn and grow. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love, p. 292 Photo: South Riding, Virginia, March 3, 2019
Expanded Present
In mindfulness, we are talking about a sense of an expanded present. Our protestations, our clinging to the past, our efforts to control the future may arise, but they are…
Surprises
Instead of gripping tightly to a fixed idea of how things are and how they should be, we can train our mind to hold those notions lightly and begin each…
Awe
Awe doesn’t ask our permission to wow us; it just smacks us in the face with something bigger without bothering to argue us out of our tedium. Awe can come…
Path to Peace
Forgiveness can also be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships…