“Stop revolving between attribution, validation and attention. Start settling into compassion.”
“Through helping others, I learned that I had always had compassion in me, although I hadn’t known it and couldn’t express it. I learned that if I could feel for others, I might also begin to feel compassion for myself. I was beginning to heal.”
Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“Your greatest weakness lies in your demotivated mindset, mostly created by the opinions of others, not in your abilities.”
Source: Power of Exponential Mindset for Success and Leadership
“You probably have your own scenes you've lived through---scenes where you think that if only people knew what was really going on, they might cut you some slack and help you.”
Source: Being There: How to Love Those Who Are Hurting
“Each of us is shaped by the truth of our natures.
Von to Silver”
Source: Etched in Bone
“In various paradigms of practice, we have called these protectors "defenses" or "resistances", as though they were objects that needed to be moved out of the way. This is understandable, because we see that these parts of ourselves sometimes cause injury if we view them only from the outer perspective, without opening to the ways they are sheltering our inner world.”
Source: The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“You don't have to give all your savings to some charity to make this world a humane and just place, rather you just need to give a little hand whenever and wherever you see someone in need.”
Source: Operation Justice: To Make A Society That Needs No Law
“Maybe you've thought that as a Christian you have to smile and pretend to be okay when someone asks you how you are doing. Perhaps you think that if you're grieving, then you're dishonoring God. This isn't so.”
Source: Being There: How to Love Those Who Are Hurting
“Some people may harrumph and grumble, 'Generation Snowflake!', but what is the harm in trying to make an individual's life less stressful through a single simple action?”
Source: I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity
“Windmills put the wind to work. Similarly, you
can set up an anger mill, which will put your an-
ger to work, drawing the living waters of compas-
sion and creativity from the depths of your heart
to help all those around you.”
Source: Renewal: A Little Book of Courage and Hope