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thundara  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, how do you beautify your world?

I strive for a level of compassion so extreme that it is near-indistinguishable from sarcastic condescension. That twinkling love in a person's eyes that one might see in an elder at peace with the world, but seems to appear so rarely in ages 5-65.





pianississimo  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I try to practice uninhibited compassion myself. As a very sarcastic person,this is much harder to do as my brain defaults to cynicism. Major work in progress...any tips?

thundara  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think I could answer that question with decent tips / rules, compassion is something that used to drive me up the wall because I knew someone who would try to lecture me on it every chance they got.

There's definitely a (weird) fine line between "I'm going to let the warmness in my heart emotional embrace this person and love them with every fiber of my being and make my communication as clear as possible" and "I'm going to talk down to you from the get-go because I've already assumed you knew nothing because compassion".