Because our emotions rise from “self”, we think compassion/love is a feeling. However, compassion doesn’t have a feeling. I would describe it as quiet and kind. If we feel a surge of emotions towards a situation, it’s because we are being triggered. Being triggered means we have a wound that we haven’t addressed yet.
Everyone that shows up in your life is a gift. You may not always like the package that the gift comes in, but nonetheless, every person has something valuable to teach you, otherwise they wouldn’t be here. Rather than make others wrong, you can ask yourself “What am I to learn from this experience”?
Who would you be without your story? What are ways you’ve identified yourself? We are not our story and the things that we identify ourselves with such as a dependable worker, a good girl… is only a small part of who we are. This may be how we have identified ourselves, but there is a deeper part of us waiting to be explored. We’re so used to living in our minds, but learning about your soul and what it wants, would probably surprise you and delight you at the same time.
