Notes To My Younger Self:

Notes To My Younger Self:

Compassion: Spiritual definitions

~knowing what a situation needs to bring harmony instead of chaos

~feeling for another—seeing what they see, relating to what they feel, without taking on responsibility

~a perception or awareness of subtlities in others, without judgement

E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance and Storm Makers

Compassion doesn’t have to be wishy-washy emotionalism or sentimentality.* Compassion does not hold others in victimhood. Compassion isn’t diminishing. Compassion is honoring others where they’re at and respecting their feelings as we would our own. It’s supportive, empowering and elevating—healing.

aka A woman discovering her highest purpose and her highest timeline

• “Wishy-washy emotionalism or sentimentality” is paraphrased from a section from an article by D.T. Strain, snsociety.org