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  • Confusion of three sympathy, empathy and compassion

    Confusion of three sympathy, empathy and compassion

    We send sympathy cards. There is a whole selection for life situations where it is appropriate and expected to show sympathy. In the West, we have been culturally programmed for displays of sympathy. We get close to the fire of emotion from another, but shy away just in time as to not get burned. We…

  • Becoming – to live in the moment

    Becoming – to live in the moment

    The DailyFinds for this week were focused on the idea of ‘living in the moment’. This is an idea which I always need to be reminded of. My life has been marked by moments which occurred under the weight of expectation. Time passes by with a quick mental note in regards to how close or…

  • Imagination or What is not present to the senses

    Imagination or What is not present to the senses

    Imagination is the soil that brings dreams to life. – Anonymous For fifty minutes in the morning, there is time to learn something. This is the gap between one world and the next. After a quiet period of getting ready to leave the house, there is the commute. It could be viewed as a stressful…