“I’d like to teach the world to sing/ in perfect harmony.” I was in yoga class the other day and the teacher played a track of music and asked us to chant with it. The whole class was chanting in unison, matching the same pitch as the leader, but her pitch was higher than my […]
Category: Compassion
Loving Kindness
“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.” Max Ehrmann There’s a great deal of vulnerability that comes with loving kindness. Being kind to others requires that we practice a general empathy and compassion […]
Compassion
If you want to others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Dalai Llama “Maybe you should try practicing some compassion,” I said to my friend. “I do! I try to think of what I did to trigger his actions. What can I say that will make him […]
