On Compassion: Thought for the Day

"For most people, compassion is just a word with a definition instead of a feeling with a deep inherent meaning. The kind of compassion that I'm talking about is a spiritual feeling, a vibration, a connection to all that there is. Compassion is a feeling that can only exist when you are present to the whole of your life, to the joy and the difficulties, the wins and the losses, the tough, hard truths.

You must be present to all that you've gone through, both the good times and the bad, the love and the fear, the joy and the misery. You must be present to those times when you were treated like a queen or a
king, when you were honored or someone looked at you with loving eyes. And you must remember the times when you were treated like crap, the times when you were teased, left out, rejected and hurt.

It is only when you are present to all that you been through that a deep compassion develops inside of you -- a well of kindness, gentleness, warmth and understanding -- that allows you the freedom to
stop picking on yourself, to stop abusing yourself, to stop limiting yourself and instead to become a compassionate warrior of love for the little girl, the little boy, the self that has been through so so much
on its journey to become an emotionally whole, happy and loving human being.

This is the self that only came here to love and be loved and found out that life is more than that, the self that discovered that challenges are something we all go through, that imperfections are something we all have, and that heartache and loss are just part of life's journey.

When your heart is fully present to the 7,000 times you were disappointed, hurt, betrayed, abandoned, scared, lost, confused, stuck, helpless, and powerless, your internal abuser -- your
self-violator -- will cease to have to war against itself and yourcompassionate self can pick up the child that you are with a warm, loving embrace and treat them as they deserve to be treated -- with kindness, gentleness, self-respect and love. This is your God-given right!" ~~Debbie Ford

©2011 by Chickee Atalla, author
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