Tag: compassion


Need to gain trust? It's Easy If You Use the 3 C's

Trust is the key to any healthy relationship. Whether it is a personal or business interaction, trust allows for open communication and mutual respect. It sets the participants up for a win-win and a higher likelihood that pleasant, peaceful, and productive dialogue can take place. Enjoyment also increases when there is trust. Yet we've all encountered […]


Using Compassion to promote peace in the world

With each new year comes the hope that humanity learns from its mistakes of the previous year and that things are bound to get better. I tend to be an optimist and believe that all people have at least a glimmer of light within them, yet the incidents of hate crimes, abuse, animal cruelty, shootings, […]


Crashing a Sled can Result in the Best Insights

When I was about 12 years old, my grandfather gave me an old-fashioned sled that had been my uncle's when he was a boy. It was wood with metal runners and steering mechanism. It was a bit rusty, so the handles didn't move, but I wanted to try it out, anyway. My little brother, who […]


How to Leave Judgment Behind and Experience Compassion

When was the last time you judged someone or something based on limited information? A first impression? By something someone told you? It may have made you feel outraged or shocked. It might cause you to form an opinion in ways that are inaccurate and wastes lots of energy making sense of it or feeling […]