Compassion for others (Part 1)

Compassion For Others
I have been working my way up to this post ever since 11/5/24. I am seeking to be able to have compassion for anyone and everyone. Don't get me wrong, I have compassion for a lot of people. I struggle at times and for various reasons. I have one particular person in mind and  I'm not fully

there yet, but still trying. So how do we keep going forward and not give up.​
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Patience
In this project of mine, I have come to notice that an important factor in building compassion for others is patience. I had hoped to write this article demonstrating how I found compassion for someone by 1/20/25. As the date approaches I have noticed an increasing urgency, which is tightening up my heart. When I decided to write a post from the perspective of being in process as I work towards building an inner compassion for another, my heart found ease. So don't put yourself on a deadline, compassion for another is not a task you power through, it is an act requiring patience for yourself and the process. And to find that I am turning back to practices of self-compassion. 

Self-Compassion Practices
If self-compassion has never been modeled for us, we may not know where to start with self-compassion and need detailed step by step instructions to get started. Dr. Kristin Neff offers guided meditations, self-compassion exercises, and tips on her website. I am no expert by far, so I defer to the expert Dr. Kristin Neff, her work offers research, ways to track, and ways to grow self-compassion. In fact, I have been using the what would you tell a friend exercise to help me gain perspective as I work on my compassion for others project. 

Resource: https://self-compassion.org/