Comparative Suffering & Compassion

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September 27, 2021 a project of ServiceSpace We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. - Brene Brown - Comparative Suffering & Compassion Measuring one's suffering against that experienced by others is not an unusual tendency. The disproportionate degree of loss we have witnessed over the past year has left many struggling to make sense of where they fit into the whos-got-it-worse-hierarchy. When the world as we know it is undergoing tremendous and tumultuous shifts, how do we frame our blue days and broken hearts? In this article, writer and therapist Emily Barr explores the concept of comparative suffering and its antidote: compassion. { read more } Be The Change If interested, practice Loving-kindness meditation for a little while every day. If you haven't tried it before, this site can help you get started. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 111 Trees Being Resilient During Coronavirus This is Me at 68: Elders Reflect During Crisis Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable Orion's 25 Most-Read Articles of the Decade Three Methods for Working with Chaos Beyond Overwhelm into Refuge Humanity's Wake Up Call DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 243,176 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More