Tag: empathy

How did you speak to yourself today?

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How did you speak to yourself today?

Did you say kind things? Were you patient? Did you praise yourself? Did you treat yourself like the you would others? Were you empathetic to yourself? Were you your number one fan?

Funny how we can be so unkind to ourselves and hurtful, and yet, shudder at thought of speaking in that way to other people.

If we let go of the story, the ego, the self-image, then there is nothing to measure against, nothing to be unkind to ourselves about. Comparison to our self-image allows for a feeling of not being good enough and therefore a need to be unkind with the voice within.

Always start with being kind to ourselves, every day.

Relationships, simple really

Posted on by philipdodson

If we want to enjoy a successful relationship with another person we need to learn to accept the other person as they are… completely. We are not here to change others.

We need first to understand them, before we try to be understood. They want someone to listen not tell them, like all of us, but we have to listen first.

Don’t wait for them to say sorry, do not punish or be a victim. Be ourselves 100%. Be first and let go of our story and ego.

Love them unconditionally, which is what love from the soul always is. Not the neediness of the mind.

We need to make ourselves happy and not rely on them. Free them from that burden and ourselves from the disappointment our expectations will always bring.

Expect nothing of them and simply enjoy them for who they are.

The route to success is always found in our hearts and souls, it’s love pure and simple. That’s all.