Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 64
The Stress Relieving POWER
OF
Compassion
BY AMY LEIGH MERCREE
I
love Julia Cameron’s definition of compassion, it’s when “we begin to treat ourselves
more gently. Feeling less desperate, we are less harsh with ourselves and with others.”
It follows that the kinder we are to ourselves, the kinder we are to other people, our circle of
kindness widens. We are constantly bombarded with ideas and ”research results” on how we
must think and behave. A lot of us try to “work on ourselves” under this pressure, unfortunately,
as a result this makes us more critical of ourselves and others.
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