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Mar 9, 2014
"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty." --Albert Einstein
How To Increase Your Compassion Bandwidth
Compassion moves us to care for the suffering of others and enables us to live cooperatively with each other. Yet, in this world of information overload and constant connection, we risk being overwhelmed by our emotional response to the suffering of others. Fearing exhaustion, we turn off our compassion. However, although many of us assume that we only have so much compassion to spare, the developing research on compassion says that we can cultivate and sustain our compassion to build our capacity to alleviate suffering. Read on to learn more.
BE THE CHANGE
Is there a service opportunity you have been avoiding because you fear it will weigh too heavily on your heart? You are not alone. Challenge yourself to dig deep into your core of love and consider engaging your whole heart in that service activity, being mindful of the positive effect your actions have and why that service is important to you.
