I have been trying to put real compassion into use lately. The kind of compassion where you put others before yourself. I believe this to be the essence of Buddhism and the Dharma. It isn't always easy but it essential to our lives. Thich Naht Hahn writes, " Compassion is the only energy that can help us connect with another person." It is full of love, mindfulness and understanding to the nth degree. I never would have thought that I had it in me before I began my "spiritual" journey to Buddhism, but it has shown me a true way of living that to be any other way makes me physically ill. Sometimes I wish that I had found this path if yoga and Buddhism long ago, before making my body and mind so rigid with running and other things, but then this wouldn't be my path. And I truly cherish every step.
Dedicated to: LHG & TCR
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